† hacoyte Obs. rare.
[The latter part appears to be OF. coite:—L. culcita feather-bed, cushion, pillow; but the ha- is unexplained, prob. some error.]
A cushion or pillow.
| 1541 Copland Cuydon's Quest. Chirurg. F iij, The loynes are musculous flesshes lyeng in the sydes of the spondyles of the backe that serue as hacoytes of the synewes [orig. L. ut sint illis culcitra]. |