cote /ˈkot, ˈkɑt/
 棚,窩,欄


 Quote v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quoting.]  [Formerly written also cote.]
 1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
 2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
 3. Com. To name the current price of.
 4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.]
 5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] “He's quoted for a most perfidious slave.”
 Syn: -- To cite; name; adduce; repeat.
 Usage: Quote, Cite. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also used to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing his exact words.


 Cote n.
 1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]
 2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.
 Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve,
 In hurdled cotes.   --Milton.


 Cote, v. t.  To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.]
    We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.   --Shak.


 Cote, v. t.  To quote. [Obs.]

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 cote
      n : a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)