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   cot

   /kɒt/

   noun

   • 1. a small bed with high barred sides for a baby or very young child: British "he should be put back into his cot to sleep"
   • ▪ a plain narrow bed: British "every night she visits an aged invalid in his narrow cot"
   • ▪ a camp bed: British "the homeless survivors were put up on army cots in the local high school"
   • ▪ a bed resembling a hammock hung from deck beams, formerly used by officers. British

   Word Origin mid 17th century (originally Anglo-Indian, denoting a light bedstead): from Hindi khāṭ ‘bedstead, hammock’.

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

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