COTTERING

Verb

cottering

present participle of cotter

Source: Wiktionary


COTTER

Cot"ter, Cot"tar (kt"tr), n. Etym: [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See Cot.]

Definition: A cottager; a cottier. Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier.

Cot"ter (kt"tr), n.

1. 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.

Note: [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.

2. A toggle.

Cot"ter, v. t.

Definition: To fasten with a cotter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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