Thesaurus: cotter

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1. n. Alt. of Cottar
2. n. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.
3. n. A toggle.
4. v. t. To fasten with a cotter.
5. n. a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
6. n. a medieval English villein
7. n. fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
8. A cottager; a cottier. Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier. 1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. Note: [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key. 2. A toggle. To fasten with a cotter.
9. n. a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands n. a medieval English villein n. fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together