COTTAGES
Noun
cottages
plural of cottage
Verb
cottages
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cottage
Source: Wiktionary
COTTAGE
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