Definition of "cote" [cote]

• A small shed or shelter for sheep or birds. (noun)
• Obsolete To go around by the side of; skirt. (verb-transitive)

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• "Few passes my door without a bite or a sup, specially at tea-time, Mr. Nor'cote, which is sociable time, as I always says."
• "If it be objected that the word "cote" is not in use in this sense, it may be remarked that French, "After the scole of Stratford atte bowe," might borrow such a meaning to suit the sound, from "côte," in the sense of"
• "The mother, a rogue pigeon escaped from the cote, did not return."