noun
cot
KAHT/kɑːt/
A small, simple bed that can often be folded or moved.
The folding cot has a taut canvas surface and crossed legs.
Etymology
The Hindi ancestor named a couch or hammock. English extended the word from a small, light bed to a shipboard canvas hammock bed, then to the portable folding bed familiar today.
In context
sometimes I ask them if they seem open to it, if they would like to help me transfer the body from the death bed to my cot.
More examples
- Several cots filled the shelter.
- She unfolded the cot.
- He slept on a cot.
Forms
cot · cots
Similar words
- camp bed
- An explicit term for the portable folding type.
- bed
- The broader sleeping furniture category.