Cot (k&obreve_;t), n. [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. Coat.] 1. A small house; a cottage or hut.
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The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith.
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2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
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3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger. See also finger cot.
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4. [Cf. Ir. cot.] A small, rudely-formed boat.
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Bell cot. (Arch.) See under Bell.
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