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plural cotters
(mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together. quotations examples
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
(informal) A cotter pin. examples
third-person singular simple present cotters, present participle cottering, simple past and past participle cottered
(transitive) To fasten with a cotter. examples
(historical) A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage. quotations
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