cot
IPA: kˈɑt
noun
- (Canada, US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
- (nautical, historical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
- (archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
- A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
- A small, crudely-formed boat.
- A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
- (obsolete) A man who does household work normally associated with women.
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