cothouse

English

Alternative forms

• cote-house
• cot-house

Etymology

From cot +‎ house.

Noun

cothouse (plural cothouses)

1. (Scotland) A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother.