different between cottery vs cotter

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?t??i/

Adjective

cottery (comparative more cottery, superlative most cottery)

1. (dialect, rare) Tangled (of hair).
   • 1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 456:

     Prior had looked across the heaving backs and seen a boy, about his own age, standing pressed back against the wall, his white, still face half hidden by a mass of cottery black hair.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

cotter (plural cotters)

1. (mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
2. (informal) A cotter pin.

Usage notes

The terms cotter and cotter pin are sometimes used interchangeably, although they have different functions. For a more detailed explanation see Wikipedia articles on cotter pin, cotter (pin), and split pin.

Related terms

• cotter pin

Translations

Verb

cotter (third-person singular simple present cotters, present participle cottering, simple past and past participle cottered)

1. (transitive) To fasten with a cotter.

Etymology 2

From Middle English cotter, cotere, kottere, koter, cotier, equivalent to cot (“cottage”) +? -er, from Old English cot. Compare Old French coter, cotier.

Alternative forms

• cottar

Noun

cotter (plural cotters)

1. (historical) A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage.

Synonyms

• coscet
• cottager

Translations