In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
cottaged
simple past tense and past participle of cottage
cottaged (comparative more cottaged, superlative most cottaged)
Filled with or having cottages.
even humble Harting's cottaged vale
Source: Wiktionary
Cot"taged (-tjd), a.
Definition: Set or covered with cottages. Even humble Harting's cottaged vale. Collins.
Cot"tage (kt"tj; 48), n. Etym: [From Cot a cotttage.]
Definition: A small house; a cot; a hut.
Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any residence or lodging house of rustic architecture, irrespective of size. Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.] -- Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 February 2025
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.