Cote

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (v. t.) To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare.

(2): (v. t.) To quote.

(3): (n.) A cottage or hut.

(4): (n.) A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(only in the plur. אֲוֵרוֹת , Averoth' , by transposition for אֻרָווֹת , racks for fodder), properly cribs; hence pens, or enclosures for flocks ( 2 Chronicles 32:28, where, instead of "cotes for flocks," the original has "flocks for [the] cotes"). (See Sheep-Cote); (See Dove-Cote).