noun.
A cot; a humble habitation, as of a farm-laborer or a European peasant.
noun.
A small country residence or detached suburban house, adapted to a moderate scale of living.
noun.
A temporary residence at a watering-place or a health- or pleasure-resort, often a large and costly structure.
noun.
In old English law, the service to which a cotset or cotter was bound.
noun.
In Australia, a dwelling without up-stairs rooms; a house in which all the rooms are on the ground floor: as, a weather-board cottage with twelve rooms.