| 单词 |
cote-house |
| 释义 |
ˈcot-house, ˈcote-house Sc. and dial.
[f. cot n.1, cote n.1 + house n.]
1. A small cottage; spec. in Scotland, the house of a cottar.
(Although usually spelt cot-, the actual word in the south of Scotland is cote-, pronounced the same as coat, with the long o that has arisen from original short o in an open syllable, as in OE. cŏ-te, ME. cō-te.)
1549Compl. Scot. xi. 96 Ne scottis man suld duel in ane house that vas loftit, bot rather in ane litil cot house. 1685R. Hamilton Let. in Faithf. Contendings (1780) 198 Among the Cott-houses of Scotland. 1795Macneill Will & Jean ii. vi, Twice a-week to Maggie's cot-house, Swift by post the papers fled. 1858Mrs. Oliphant Laird of Norlaw I. 258 ‘That I couldna make a cothouse in Kirkbride..look like hame to my own bairns?’ 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Cot-house, the most usual name for a cottage; the latter is hardly ever heard among those who live in one.
2. A slight shelter; a shed, outhouse, etc.
1606Dekker Sev. Sinnes iii. (Arb) 27 Creeping into the Beadles Cothouse. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 423 Londoners..laugh at strong walled cities, as cotte houses for women [muliercularum habitacula]. 1871J. R. Wise New Forest Gloss., Cot-house, an outhouse, shed. |
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