Meaning of Cotter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
3. A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage.
   historical
4. A minor city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States.
   countable, uncountable
5. A cotter pin.
   informal
6. A minor city in Louisa County, Iowa, United States.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The chains are secured to each end of the cast-iron arches by cotters.”

“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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