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cotter
UK /kɒtə/ US /kɑtɚ/
noun 3name 3verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
trying
VERB + COTTER
toil-worn
COTTER + NOUN
cart-wheel, frae
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
The chains are secured to each end of the cast-iron arches by cotters.
2
A cotter pin.
verb
1
To fasten with a cotter.
She found Esco by the barn. He was trying to cotter a cart-wheel with a peg he had whittled from a locust branch, driving it in with a hand sledge
noun
1
A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage.
The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes,— / This night his weekly moil is at an end,— / Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, […]
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Synonyms
noun — fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slo
- cottar
noun — a medieval English villein
noun — a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
- cottar
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The chains are secured to each end of the cast-iron arches by cotters.
Wiktionary02
She found Esco by the barn. He was trying to cotter a cart-wheel with a peg he had whittled from a locust branch, driving it in with a hand sledge
Wiktionary03
The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes,— / This night his weekly moil is at an end,— / Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, […]
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