Cottum

Cottum
COTTUM
The hair of cats and dogs which in the 16th century was used to make a kind of blanket or " cottas " used either as a bed covering or a cloak.

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  • Cot — (k[o^]t), n. [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress. See {Cot} a cottage.] A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cott — Cot Cot (k[o^]t), n. [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress. See {Cot} a cottage.] A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Kotze (1), die — 1. * Die Kotze, plur. die n, ein nur noch in den gemeinen Mundarten, besonders Oberdeutschlandes, übliches Wort, eine Decke, besonders eine zotige, grobe Decke zu bezeichnen, in welchem Verstande es in einigen Gegenden auch Kutze lautet. Im… …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • Костюм эпохи Позднего Средневековья (Франция) — Костюм эпохи Позднего Средневековья выполнял во многом социальную функцию. Ношение платья в XIV XVI веках определялось понятием «луковицы», когда верхнее платье надевалось поверх нижнего, и количество слоёв зависело от социального статуса хозяина …   Википедия

  • Coatham — Recorded in several spellings including Cottham, Coton, Cotton, Cottom, and Coatham, this is an English locational surname. It originates from any or all of the formerly called cotum from the pre 7th Century word for a row of cottages.These… …   Surnames reference

  • Coton — This name, with variant spellings Cottam, Cot(t)on, Cottom, Coatham etc., is of English locational origin from any of the several places named with the Olde English pre 7th Century cotum , meaning cottages , for example, Coatham in… …   Surnames reference

  • Cottem — This name, with variant spellings Cottam, Cot(t)on, Cottom, Coatham etc., is of English locational origin from any of the several places named with the Olde English pre 7th Century cotum , meaning cottages , for example, Coatham in… …   Surnames reference

  • Cottom — This name, with variant spellings Cottam, Cot(t)on, Cottom, Coatham etc., is of English locational origin from any of the several places named with the Olde English pre 7th Century cotum , meaning cottages , for example, Coatham in… …   Surnames reference

  • Cottage — At first glance this name should be as popular as Smith, in fact more so. However, truth being stranger than fiction, the name is quite rare, another of the oddities amongst the seventy thousand name spellings which make up the British Irish name …   Surnames reference

  • Cottam — This name, with variant spellings Cottham, Cot(t)on, Cottom, Coatham etc., is of English locational origin from any of the several places named with the Olde English pre 7th Century cotum , meaning cottages , for example, Coatham in… …   Surnames reference

  • Cottham — This name, with variant spellings Cottam, Cot(t)on, Cottom, Coatham etc., is of English locational origin from any of the several places named with the Olde English pre 7th Century cotum , meaning cottages , for example, Coatham in… …   Surnames reference

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