Cot

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A small house; a cottage or hut. The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith.

2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.

3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.

4. A small, rudely-formed boat. Bell cot. (Arch.) See under Bell.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written also cott.]