▪ I. cotted, a.
(ˈkɒtɪd)
[f. cot n.1 + -ed.]
Dotted or lined with cots or cottages.
| 1821 Byron Juan iv. lxxvi, The green and village-cotted hill. 1840 Tait's Mag. VII. 341 The leafy, green, and cotted lane. |
▪ II. cotted, ppl. a.
(ˈkɒtɪd)
[f. cot n.2 and v.2 + -ed.]
Matted, tangled: said esp. of a fleece.
| 1793 Young Ann. Agric. XIX. 469 (Norfolk) What is called cotted fleeces, being so matted together as to be almost inseparable without great trouble. 1877 E. Peacock N.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v. Cot, Cotted fleeces are frequently used for door-mats, and, in the place of sponges, for fomenting sick horses. 1884 Cheshire Gloss., ‘Cotted fleeces’ are fleeces with felted lumps amongst the wool. |