cote

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  1. noun A small shed or shelter for sheep or birds.
  2. transitive verb Obsolete To go around by the side of; skirt.

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  • His boots looked worn, but the cloth of his cote was tight-woven wool, the dyes still bright. —  Aeon Five
  • I don't believe the Ward will get the fiery orator that the cote is calling out for in Elicker. —  Yale Daily News: Latest Issue
  • Matrons always tucked away their hair in the dove-cote, while widows were careful not to show a single lock. —  The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time
  • Few passes my door without a bite or a sup, specially at tea-time, Mr. Nor'cote, which is sociable time, as I always says. —  Phoebe, Junior
  • "Look! that's the pigeon-cote," he continued, pointing to three rows of holes cut in the woodwork which connected the brick towers. —  Burr Junior
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  1. Middle English, from Old English.
  2. Probably from French côtoyer, to skirt, from côté, side, from Old French coste, rib; see costrel.

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  1. from Middle English cote, from Anglo-Saxon cote: see further under cot.
  2. from French côtoyer, go by the side of, from Old French costoier, later also English coast: see coast, v.
  3. from cote, v.
  4. from French coter, from Old French quoter, later English quote, q. v.
 

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