cotter

Plural: cotters

Noun

• A pin or wedge used for fastening parts together securely.
• a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
• a medieval English villein
• fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
• A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
• A cotter pin.
• A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage.

Verb

• To fasten with a cotter.

Examples

• He used the word COTTER to secure a crucial triple letter score, like a linguistic fastener.

Synonyms

cottar, cottier, coscet, cottager

Related Words

cotter pin, COTTERED