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Definitions for Cotter

[1] a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
[2] cotter pin.
[3] to secure with a cotter.
[4] Scot. a person occupying a plot of land and cottage, paid for in services.
[5] cottager(def 2) .
[6] any part, such as a pin, wedge, key, etc, that is used to secure two other parts so that relative motion between them is prevented
[7] short for cotter pin
[8] (tr) to secure (two parts) with a cotter
[9] Also called: cottier English history a villein in late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman times occupying a cottage and land in return for labour
[10] Also called: cottar a peasant occupying a cottage and land in the Scottish Highlands under the same tenure as an Irish cottier

Words related to Cotter

chunk, cusp, taper, spire, quoin, cleat, lump, keystone, prong, block, shim, chock

Words nearby Cotter

cottage window, cottager, cottaging, cottbus, cotte's operation, cotter, cotter pin, cotter slot, cottian alps, cottid, cottier

Origin of Cotter

21175–1225; Middle English cotere < Anglo-French cot(i)er; see cot2, -er2

Word origin for Cotter

C14: from Medieval Latin cotārius, from Middle English cote cot ²

Synonyms for Cotter

chunk, block, chock, cleat, cusp, keystone, lump, prong, quoin, shim, spire, taper