\Cote\ (k[=o]t), n. [See 1st {Cot}.]
1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]
2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals,
   as for sheep or doves.
         Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve,
         In hurdled cotes.                     --Milton.

\Cote\, v. t. [Prob. from F. c[^o]t['e] side, OF. costet,
LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F.
c[^o]toyer to go or keep at the side of. See {Coast}.]
To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get
before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] --Drayton.
      We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
                                               --Shak.

\Cote\, v. t. [See {Quote}.]
To quote. [Obs.] --Udall.