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Definition of Cotter

1. Noun. A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands.

2. Noun. A medieval English villein.

3. Noun. Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together.

Definition of Cotter

1. n. A cottager; a cottier.

2. n. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge- shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.

3. v. t. To fasten with a cotter.

Definition of Cotter

1. Noun. (context: mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together. ¹

2. Noun. Erroneously, sometimes used of a cotter pin. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To fasten with a cotter. ¹

4. Noun. A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cotter

1. a pin or wedge used for fastening parts together [n -S] : COTTERED [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotter

cottage pink cottage tent cottage tulip cottaged cottageless cottagelike cottagers cottages cottagey cottar

cottars cottas cotted cotter (current term) cotter pin cotter pins cottered cottering cotterless cotters

cottid cottids cottier cottiers cottise cottised cottises cottising

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