Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COT, or COTE, n. [Sax. cot, cote, cyte; G. koth; D. kot; W. cwt. In Welsh, the word signifies a cot, a hovel or stye, an abrupt termination, a rump, a tail, a skirt. Cwta, short, abrupt, bob-tailed; cwtau, to shorten. This indicates that cot is from cutting off, and hence defending.]

1. A small house; a hut; a mean habitation; also, a shed or inclosure for beasts. – 2 Chron. xxxii.
2. A leathern cover for a sore finger.
3. An abridgement of cotquean.
4. A cade lamb. [Local.] – Grose.
5. A little boat.