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cotter

1

[ kot-er ]

noun

  1. a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.


verb (used with object)

  1. to secure with a cotter.

cotter

2

[ kot-er ]

noun

  1. Scot. a person occupying a plot of land and cottage, paid for in services.

cotter

1

/ 藞办蓲迟蓹 /

noun

  1. 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
  2. short for cotter pin
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to secure (two parts) with a cotter
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cotter

2

/ 藞办蓲迟蓹 /

noun

  1. Also calledcottier English history a villein in late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman times occupying a cottage and land in return for labour
  2. Also calledcottar a peasant occupying a cottage and land in the Scottish Highlands under the same tenure as an Irish cottier
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cotter1

1300鈥50; Middle English coter; akin to late Middle English coterell iron bracket; of uncertain origin

Origin of cotter2

1175鈥1225; Middle English cotere < Anglo-French cot ( i ) er; cot 2, -er 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cotter1

C14: shortened from cotterel, of unknown origin

Origin of cotter2

C14: from Medieval Latin 肠辞迟腻谤颈耻蝉, from Middle English cote cot
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She did say she had once heard her doctor refer to a country he called 鈥渃otter鈥 on the phone.

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In about an hour the forest began to thin, and Robin could see the blue smoke coming from the cotters鈥 chimney pots.

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The inspector general said the airline鈥檚 maintenance provider failed to insert a cotter pin on a critical flight control component that put some 30,000 passengers at risk.

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The aircraft was missing a small cotter safety pin used to hold a nut in place, and that nut came loose - disconnecting pilots鈥 controls from the rotor, said Maj.

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Attorney Timothy Loranger says a missing safety cotter pin caused a malfunction in the helicopter鈥檚 tail rotor.

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