cot

Plural: cots

Noun

• A light, narrow, portable bed, often for camping.
• a sheath worn to protect a finger
• baby bed with high sides made of slats
• a small bed that folds up for storage or transport
• A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
• A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
• A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
• 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.
• A man who does household work normally associated with women.
• vulva; vagina.

Examples

• a cot for a sore finger
• a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)
• His opponent laid a high-scoring word right next to his, making a little cot of letters.

Synonyms

camp bed, crib, fingerstall, cote

Related Words

coscet, cosset, cote, cotter