cot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small, simple bed, or (British) a child's crib

   They unfolded a camp cot for the unexpected guest.

Simplified etymology

Cot is an Old English word that originally meant a small, simple cottage and survives in the sense of a small livestock shelter. Cottage and cote, as in dovecote, are closely related. The familiar sense “small bed” has a separate origin, which the supplied passage does not explain.

From Hindi 'khat' ('bedstead, couch'), from Sanskrit 'khatva', brought into English through Anglo-Indian usage in the 17th century.

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