Cotter Meaning
/kɒtə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
nounA cotter pin.
Sentence Examples
The cotter pin held the machine parts together.
A cotter is a type of fastener used in engineering.
The mechanic inserted a steel cotter pin into the axle.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ worked the small farm attached to his rented home.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ pin held the machine parts together.
Word Origin & History
Unknown.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The chains are secured to each end of the cast-iron arches by cotters."
— 1949 November and December, “Notes and News: The High Level Bridge, Newcastle”, in Railway Magazine, page 407:
"She found Esco by the barn. He was trying to cotter a cart-wheel with a peg he had whittled from a locust branch, driving it in with a hand sledge"
— 1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 2, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 39:
"The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes,— / This night his weekly moil is at an end,— / Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, […]"
— 1786, Robert Burns, The Cotter's Saturday Night:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ worked the small farm attached to his rented home.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ pin held the machine parts together.