cote Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)

WordNet

Cote noun
Etymology
See 1st Cot.
Definitions
  1. A cottage or hut. Obs.
  2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.
    Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. Milton.
Cote transitive verb
Etymology
Prob. from F. ct sode, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. ctoyer to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.
Definitions
  1. To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. Obs. Drayton.
    We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak.
Cote transitive verb
Etymology
See Quote.
Definitions
  1. To quote. Obs. Udall.

Webster 1913