A small cottage or humble dwelling; a shelter or coop for animals, especially sheep or birds.
From Old English 'cot' or 'cotan,' related to Old Norse 'kot.' Originally meant an animal shelter, later applied to small human dwellings.
The humble 'cott' is one of English's oldest words for home—it started as a shelter for livestock and became a shelter for peasants, literally showing how the poorest people's houses were compared to animal pens.
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