Meaning of COTTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâtur
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- [n] fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
- [n] a medieval English villein
- [n] a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands
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| | Synonyms: | | cottar, cottar, cottier |
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| | See Also: | | bucolic, cotter pin, fastener, fastening, fixing, helot, holdfast, peasant, provincial, serf, villein | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius,
cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.]
A cottager; a cottier. --Burns.
Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow
to the cotter. --Whittier.
\Cot"ter\ (k[o^]t"t[~e]r), n.
1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for
fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is
driven into an opening through one or all of the parts.
Note: [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly
called a {key}.
2. A toggle.
\Cot"ter\, v. t.
To fasten with a cotter.
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