2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve,
In hurdled cotes.
Milton.
Cote, v. t. [Prob. from F. c˘tÚ side, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c˘toyer to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.] To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] Drayton.
We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
Shak.
Cote, v. t. [See Quote.] To quote. [Obs.] Udall.
Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous (k?-t?m`p?-r?"n?-?s), a. [See Contemporaneous.] Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.
Co*tem"po*ra*ry (k?-t?m"p?-r?-r?), a. Living or being at the same time; contemporary.
Co*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl. Cotemporaries (-r&ibreve;z). One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary.
Co*ten"ant (k?-t?n"ant), n. A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.
||Co`te*rie" (k?`te-r?"; 277), n. [F., prob. from OF. coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin. See 1st Cot.] A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." Thackeray.
Co*ter"mi*nous (k?-t?r"m?-n?s), a. [Cf. Conterminous.] Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with.