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† ˈkidcot(e Obs.
Also 6 kydcote, -cott(e, kidcot, 7–8 -coat.
[app. f. kid n.1 + cot, cote.
The origin of the appellation is not certain; perhaps facetious; possibly transferred from one prison so named to others, as in the case of Bridewell. Cf. kitty4.]
The name formerly given in various towns (as York, Lancaster, etc.) to the lock-up or prison.
c1515Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 70 To the kydcotte and the masyndew, viijd. c1540Surv. Bridlington Priory in Archæol. XIX. 271 In the north syde of the same gatehouse ys there a prison for offenders within the towne called the kydcott. 1605T. Bell Motives Rom. Faith 106 Did not old Sir John in the kidcote at Yorke so agree with Comberforth the priest? 1772in Stark Hist. Gainsborough 285 That they procure a pair of moveable stocks to be kept in the kidcoat. 1886E. Peacock Let. to Editor, My father could remember the old kidcote at Gainsborough. It was not used as a prison in his time, but there was a tradition that it had been. |