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Meaning of cota | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
ˈkɔta

Definitions

  1. quota (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division)
    feminine
  2. armour coat; chain mail
    feminine
  3. spine of a blade
    feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“mays huna cota de fero et hun bacynete”

and an iron mail and a bascinet

“Et a morte deste rrey don Sancho, en vespera de Nadal, foy solto Sisnando que estaua preso, et veẽo a Santiago vestido de cota, et loriga et de armas”

At the dead of this kind don Sancho, on Christmas eve, Don Sisnando, who was imprisoned, was released, and he came to Santiago dressed with mail and breastplate and weapons

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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