cotter – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cotter
v.
attach with a pin; confuse; cause worry; occupy oneself with useless activities
n.
pin, peg; cottager; peasant farmer; tenant farmer
Cotter
Cotter may refer to:
- Cotter pin (disambiguation), a pin or wedge used to fix parts rigidly together
- Cotter (farmer), the Scots term for a peasant farmer formerly in the Scottish highlands
- Cotter (surname), an surname (including a list of people with the name)
- Cotter, Arkansas, United States
- Cotter, Iowa, United States
- Mount Cotter, a mountain in California, United States
- Cotter River, a river in the Australian Capital Territory
- A cotter is a term for a clump of tangled hair or animal fur, in some parts of Northern England.
- Cotter (film), a 1973 film by Paul Stanley
cotter
Noun
1. a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands
(synonym) cottar
(hypernym) peasant, provincial, bucolic
2. a medieval English villein
(synonym) cottier
(hypernym) serf, helot, villein
3. fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
(synonym) cottar
(hypernym) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
(hyponym) cotter pin
Cotter
(v. t.)
To fasten with a cotter.
(n.)
Alt. of Cottar
(n.)
A toggle.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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