cote

Meanings

Noun

• A cottage or hut.
• A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

Verb

• To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.

Related

Similar words

• shed

Origin

• From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot; cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.
• See quote.
• Probably related to French côté ("side") via Middle French costé.