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cote

cote

1 9.9
A small shelter for farm animals like sheep or pigeons
  • noun
  • /koʊt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cobertizo
  • Rather than positing a hegemonic Anglo-American cote culture, this conceptualization entertains the notion that what is distinctively American has been itself a product of this synergistic encounter of multiple peoples and cultures.

Examples

  • A beautiful, elaborate eighteenth-century dove-cote.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • One evening, Bruxieus summoned me in secrecy behind the cote.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Why would you lease an apartment for miss cote?

  • - Like a cote of doves.

  • The baby was the White Bead Baby... and her cradle is called natsi'lid eta cote, the rainbow cut short.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The farmer built a small cote for his pigeons to keep them safe from predators.

  • We visited a quaint village that had a lovely cote filled with colorful doves.

  • The old stone cote at the edge of the garden was home to several sheep during the winter months.

Synonyms

coop
vscote
31 1.6

A small building where people keep chickens or other birds

is used more broadly for various small domestic animals not mainly birds
chicken coop
vscote
10 1.3

A small building where people keep chickens

is for small domestic animals including mammals and pigeons not only birds
aviary
vscote
8 6.0

A large building or cage where people keep many birds

is a small shelter for a few animals not a large bird home
sheepcote
vscote
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A small shelter or fenced area for keeping sheep

is for small domestic animals generally rather than for sheep only
sheep pen
vscote
1 1.2

A fenced area where a farmer keeps sheep

is mainly a small shelter rather than just a confinement space

Compounds

9.9

A small structure on a roof that holds one or more bells

A former type of money used in Ivory Coast before the West African CFA franc

A country in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea known for cocoa production

How Big

barn
363 1.0
shed
159 1.0
cote
  • Archaic
1 9.9
coop
31 1.6
nest
219 1.0

Surface Forms

cote singular
cotes plural

Etymology

The word cote comes from an old English word cot meaning 'small shelter' or 'hut', the same root you see in cottage and the English cot for a small bed. That's why a cote is a small shelter for animals.