cotter.
A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
Meaning & usage
A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
A cotter pin.
Where this word comes from
Unknown.
To fasten with a cotter.
Where this word comes from
Unknown.
A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cotter, cotere, kottere, koter, cotier, equivalent to cot (“cottage”) + -er, from Old English cot. Compare Old French coter, cotier.
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