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cot(4) (iou)



cot noun4. M17.
[Hindi kha bedstead, couch, hammock.]
a. A light bedstead. Anglo-Indian. M17.
b. A portable or folding bed; a camp-bed. US. M19.
R. Jarrell She just slept on the cot in her office.
c. A type of bed or wheeled stretcher used in hospitals. US. L19.
P. Gallico Sitting on the edge of his cot in the Brothers of Man Mission House.
Hist. A canvas bed in a wooden frame suspended from deck-beams, in which naval officers etc. used to sleep. M18.
A small bed for a child: orig., one suspended so as to swing between uprights; now, a bed with high sides to stop the child from falling out; a bed in a children's hospital. Cf. CRIB noun 5. E19.
Comb.: cot-case a person too ill to leave bed; cot-death a sudden unexplained death of a baby in its sleep.