COT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cot mean? 

• COT (noun)
  The noun COT has 3 senses:

1. a sheath worn to protect a finger

2. baby bed with high sides made of slats

3. a small bed that folds up for storage or transport

  Familiarity information: COT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sheath worn to protect a finger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cot; fingerstall

Hypernyms ("cot" is a kind of...):

sheath (a protective covering (as for a knife or sword))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Baby bed with high sides made of slats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cot; crib

Hypernyms ("cot" is a kind of...):

baby's bed; baby bed (a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A small bed that folds up for storage or transport

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

camp bed; cot

Hypernyms ("cot" is a kind of...):

bed (a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep)

Meronyms (parts of "cot"):

leg (one of the supports for a piece of furniture)

 Context examples 

Tumultuous applause followed but received an unexpected check, for the cot bed, on which the dress circle was built, suddenly shut up and extinguished the enthusiastic audience.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Three large stones formed a rough cot by the roadside, and beside it, basking in the sun, sat the hermit, with clay-colored face, dull eyes, and long withered hands.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

During one of their walks a poor cot in the foldings of a vale attracted their notice as being singularly disconsolate, while the number of half-clothed children gathered about it spoke of penury in its worst shape.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

At last I found one that I thought looked promising, at the corner of a dirty lane, ending in an enclosure full of stinging-nettles, against the palings of which some second-hand sailors' clothes, that seemed to have overflowed the shop, were fluttering among some cots, and rusty guns, and oilskin hats, and certain trays full of so many old rusty keys of so many sizes that they seemed various enough to open all the doors in the world.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They were only concerned that the house could accommodate no more; and yet perhaps, by putting the children away in the maid's room, or swinging a cot somewhere, they could hardly bear to think of not finding room for two or three besides, supposing they might wish to stay; though, with regard to any attendance on Miss Musgrove, there need not be the least uneasiness in leaving her to Mrs Harville's care entirely.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)