cottern.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɒtə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑdər/

Etymology: See cotterel n.

A pin, key, wedge, or bolt which fits into a hole and fastens something in its place. The term is variously applied to: (a) a small pin which fits into a hole in a bar, bolt, or the like, and keeps something in its place; sometimes a split pin (see quot. 1887); (b) a bolt passing through a hole (in a shutter, etc.) and secured on the inside, usually by a smaller pin; (c) a ‘key’ or wedge-shaped piece of wood or metal used for tightening up or fastening parts of machinery, as the strap-head to the connecting rod, for holding together links of a broken chain, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg

preenOE

prickOE

kevel1251

pina1275

prag1354

key1434

peg1440

tholec1440

thole-pinc1440

lock1514

cotterel1570

pivot1730

pinning1742

steady pin1791

gib1795

needle1811

lockdown1832

cotter1842

peglet1890

pushpin1903

1649 [see Compounds 1].

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. C4^v I do not at all like Sockets and Cotters.

1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 435 Cotter, an iron key to a bolt.

1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 209 A coupling bar, bolted at both ends with steel cottars.

1842 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3 ii. 350 This simple little contrivance is much preferable to pins and cotters, which are apt to shake out, or to be neglected in the fastening.

1856 Ann. Reg. 54 There was an outside shutter fastened by a cotter within.

1880 Daily News 20 Apr. 2 The use of the cotters was to tighten up the bracings.

1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Cotter, an iron pin or peg, split from the bottom into two arms diverging at a small angle..After passing through the hole the arms of course spring apart again, and the pin is secured in its place.

Compounds

C1. cotter-hole.

ΚΠ

1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver ix. 50 Through..the Wood, the tange of the Coulter must come, with a Cotter-hole in it above.

C2.

cotter-drill n. = cotter-file n.

cotter-file n. a tool for making the holes for cotters to fit into.

cotter-patch n. see quot. 1884.

ΚΠ

1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Cotter-patch, salt-making term. An iron patch put at one corner of a salt-pan, and fastened with a cotter, to cover the letting out place.

cotter-pin n. a cotter, or a pin to keep a cotter in its place.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > devices for securing or uniting parts

key1434

chevel-bolt1480

strop1573

gimbals1577

gimmals1598

gimmera1603

strap1620

bridle1667

key band1735

screw-joint1810

locking plate1812

safety pin1822

king bolt1839

square coupling1845

holding-down bolt1846

ball joint1849

pinholder1854

knuckle-joint1860

bayonet-joint1870

elbow1874

fox-key1874

split-pin1875

cotter-pin1881

elbow-joint1881

banjo-frame1888

holding-down pin1892

holding-down ring1899

feather1908

banjo union1922

1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 85 The thimble is retained in the barrel during the discharge by a cotter pin passing through the barrel, the base of the thimble, and the stock.

1891 Daily News 24 Jan. 3/8 The..Cycling Company have adopted the principle of fixing the pedals to the cranks by means of a cotter pin instead of a nut.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cottern.²

Etymology: < cotter v.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcotter.

dialect.

An entanglement; figurative a difficulty, trouble, worry.

ΚΠ

1875 Lanc. Gloss. Cotters, entanglements.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Cotter..the word is also used for plague, trouble, worry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

cotterv.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɒtə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑdər/

Etymology: < cotter n.¹

transitive. To fasten with a cotter.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with pins or pegs

biprenec1275

pinc1390

pin1449

key1577

peg1598

cotter1649

writhe1683

nog1711

cotterel1747

1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver ix. 50 To cotter it close to the over-side of the Staffe.

1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxviii. 196 An Iron bolt..strongly drawn up and cottered fast.

1856 Ann. Reg. 54 My father uncottered the window.

1875 Lanc. Gloss. at Cotter ‘Cotter them shutters, an' let's get to bed.’

1877 M. Reynolds Locom. Engine Driving (ed. 5) v. 246 Enginemen are warned against improperly cottering up any joint or brass, and thereby causing the journals to become hot.

Derivatives

ˈcottered adj.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cotterv.²

Etymology: In sense 1, apparently a frequentative of cot v.²; but it is uncertain whether all the senses belong to one and the same word.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcotter.

Chiefly dialect.

1. transitive and intransitive. To form into a tangled mass; to entangle, mat, ‘cot’.

ΚΠ

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Cotterd, entangled.

1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 314 Cotter, to entangle; as thread, or the hair.

1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. Cottered, Cotted, entangled, matted together. The word is usually applied to hair, or wool.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cottered, matted, entangled; applied to hair or wool. [So in northern dial. glossaries generally.]

2. transitive. To clot, coagulate, congeal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > give consistency to [verb (transitive)] > coagulate

thickc1000

runlOE

quaila1398

congealc1400

curd?a1425

thickenc1425

coagulec1550

clumper1562

curdle1585

clutter1601

quarl1607

coagulate1611

posseta1616

sam1615

concrete1635

earn1670

clotter1700

cotter1781

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Cotterd..clotted.

1807 Holinshed's Chron. II. 338 A coffen of bones cottered [not in 1577; 1587 couered] with clods of claie.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To cotter eggs, to drop them into a pan, and stir them round with a little butter, till..edible.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Cottered..coagulated.

3. intransitive with up: To shrivel or shrink up.

ΚΠ

1817 J. Bell Treat. Confect. (Newcastle) iii. 136 If you boil the syrup too strong, the plums will cotter up to half the size.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cottered up, shrivelled.

1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Cother-up, to become shrunken, withered or dried up.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cottered, crumpled, shrunk, run-up; as applied to woollen or cotton goods.

4. To crowd together.

ΚΠ

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cottering, pres. part., crowding together as people over the fire-side.

Derivatives

ˈcottered adj.

ΚΠ

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 21/1 Cottered, adj. (1) Entangled. (2) Coagulated.

ˈcottering n. figurative an entanglement, difficulty ( Whitby Gloss.).

ΚΠ

1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale 43 ‘Bits o' cotterings’, little difficulties or entanglements.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> see also

also refers to : cottarcottern.

n.¹1649

n.²1875

v.¹1649

v.²1781

单词	cotter
释义	cottern.¹ Brit. /ˈkɒtə/, U.S. /ˈkɑdər/ Etymology: See cotterel n. A pin, key, wedge, or bolt which fits into a hole and fastens something in its place. The term is variously applied to: (a) a small pin which fits into a hole in a bar, bolt, or the like, and keeps something in its place; sometimes a split pin (see quot. 1887); (b) a bolt passing through a hole (in a shutter, etc.) and secured on the inside, usually by a smaller pin; (c) a ‘key’ or wedge-shaped piece of wood or metal used for tightening up or fastening parts of machinery, as the strap-head to the connecting rod, for holding together links of a broken chain, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg preenOE prickOE kevel1251 pina1275 prag1354 key1434 peg1440 tholec1440 thole-pinc1440 lock1514 cotterel1570 pivot1730 pinning1742 steady pin1791 gib1795 needle1811 lockdown1832 cotter1842 peglet1890 pushpin1903 1649 [see Compounds 1]. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. C4^v I do not at all like Sockets and Cotters. 1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 435 Cotter, an iron key to a bolt. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 209 A coupling bar, bolted at both ends with steel cottars. 1842 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3 ii. 350 This simple little contrivance is much preferable to pins and cotters, which are apt to shake out, or to be neglected in the fastening. 1856 Ann. Reg. 54 There was an outside shutter fastened by a cotter within. 1880 Daily News 20 Apr. 2 The use of the cotters was to tighten up the bracings. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Cotter, an iron pin or peg, split from the bottom into two arms diverging at a small angle..After passing through the hole the arms of course spring apart again, and the pin is secured in its place. Compounds C1. cotter-hole. ΚΠ 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver ix. 50 Through..the Wood, the tange of the Coulter must come, with a Cotter-hole in it above. C2. cotter-drill n. = cotter-file n. cotter-file n. a tool for making the holes for cotters to fit into. cotter-patch n. see quot. 1884. ΚΠ 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Cotter-patch, salt-making term. An iron patch put at one corner of a salt-pan, and fastened with a cotter, to cover the letting out place. cotter-pin n. a cotter, or a pin to keep a cotter in its place. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > devices for securing or uniting parts key1434 chevel-bolt1480 strop1573 gimbals1577 gimmals1598 gimmera1603 strap1620 bridle1667 key band1735 screw-joint1810 locking plate1812 safety pin1822 king bolt1839 square coupling1845 holding-down bolt1846 ball joint1849 pinholder1854 knuckle-joint1860 bayonet-joint1870 elbow1874 fox-key1874 split-pin1875 cotter-pin1881 elbow-joint1881 banjo-frame1888 holding-down pin1892 holding-down ring1899 feather1908 banjo union1922 1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 85 The thimble is retained in the barrel during the discharge by a cotter pin passing through the barrel, the base of the thimble, and the stock. 1891 Daily News 24 Jan. 3/8 The..Cycling Company have adopted the principle of fixing the pedals to the cranks by means of a cotter pin instead of a nut. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cottern.² Etymology: < cotter v.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcotter. dialect. An entanglement; figurative a difficulty, trouble, worry. ΚΠ 1875 Lanc. Gloss. Cotters, entanglements. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Cotter..the word is also used for plague, trouble, worry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). cotterv.¹ Brit. /ˈkɒtə/, U.S. /ˈkɑdər/ Etymology: < cotter n.¹ transitive. To fasten with a cotter. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with pins or pegs biprenec1275 pinc1390 pin1449 key1577 peg1598 cotter1649 writhe1683 nog1711 cotterel1747 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver ix. 50 To cotter it close to the over-side of the Staffe. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxviii. 196 An Iron bolt..strongly drawn up and cottered fast. 1856 Ann. Reg. 54 My father uncottered the window. 1875 Lanc. Gloss. at Cotter ‘Cotter them shutters, an' let's get to bed.’ 1877 M. Reynolds Locom. Engine Driving (ed. 5) v. 246 Enginemen are warned against improperly cottering up any joint or brass, and thereby causing the journals to become hot. Derivatives ˈcottered adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cotterv.² Etymology: In sense 1, apparently a frequentative of cot v.²; but it is uncertain whether all the senses belong to one and the same word.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcotter. Chiefly dialect. 1. transitive and intransitive. To form into a tangled mass; to entangle, mat, ‘cot’. ΚΠ 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Cotterd, entangled. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 314 Cotter, to entangle; as thread, or the hair. 1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. Cottered, Cotted, entangled, matted together. The word is usually applied to hair, or wool. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cottered, matted, entangled; applied to hair or wool. [So in northern dial. glossaries generally.] 2. transitive. To clot, coagulate, congeal. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > give consistency to [verb (transitive)] > coagulate thickc1000 runlOE quaila1398 congealc1400 curd?a1425 thickenc1425 coagulec1550 clumper1562 curdle1585 clutter1601 quarl1607 coagulate1611 posseta1616 sam1615 concrete1635 earn1670 clotter1700 cotter1781 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Cotterd..clotted. 1807 Holinshed's Chron. II. 338 A coffen of bones cottered [not in 1577; 1587 couered] with clods of claie. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To cotter eggs, to drop them into a pan, and stir them round with a little butter, till..edible. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Cottered..coagulated. 3. intransitive with up: To shrivel or shrink up. ΚΠ 1817 J. Bell Treat. Confect. (Newcastle) iii. 136 If you boil the syrup too strong, the plums will cotter up to half the size. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cottered up, shrivelled. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Cother-up, to become shrunken, withered or dried up. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cottered, crumpled, shrunk, run-up; as applied to woollen or cotton goods. 4. To crowd together. ΚΠ 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cottering, pres. part., crowding together as people over the fire-side. Derivatives ˈcottered adj. ΚΠ 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 21/1 Cottered, adj. (1) Entangled. (2) Coagulated. ˈcottering n. figurative an entanglement, difficulty ( Whitby Gloss.). ΚΠ 1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale 43 ‘Bits o' cotterings’, little difficulties or entanglements. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : cottarcottern. < n.¹1649n.²1875v.¹1649v.²1781 see also
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cottern.1

Compounds

cottern.2

cotterv.1

Derivatives

cotterv.2

Derivatives

> see also

cottern.¹

cottern.²

cotterv.¹

cotterv.²