cote
1 of 2noun
ˈkōt 
ˈkät
ˈkät 1
dialectal, England : cot entry 1 sense 1
2
: a shed or coop for small domestic animals and especially pigeons
cote
2 of 2verb
ˈkōt
coted; coting; cotes
transitive verb
obsolete
: to pass by
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, "dwelling of a rural laborer, hut, shelter for domestic animals, as a pen or coop," going back to Old English, feminine weak noun, "dwelling of a rural laborer," going back to Germanic *kutōn- (whence also Middle Dutch cote "hut, pen for animals," Middle Low German kote, kotte, kate), by-form of *kuta- — more at cot entry 1
Verb
probably from Middle French cotoyer
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1555, in the meaning defined above
cote
noun
as in dovecote
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dovecote
- sheepfold
- kraal
- henhouse
- stockade
- cage
- fold
- dovecot
- pen
- pound
- coop
- kennel
- pigpen
- fence
- corral
- hutch
- run
- aquarium
- live-box
- terrarium
- green mealie
- green meat
- green milkweed
- green mold
- green monkey
- Green Mountain boy
- Green Mountains
- green mud
- green muscardine
- green ocher
- green oil
- green onion
- green osier
- green out
- green oyster
- green paint
- green paper
- green peach aphid
- green peak
- green pepper
- green pigeon
- green pike
- green plover
- green poppy
- green rein orchis