·add. ·noun A kind of very coarse woolen blanket.
II. Cotta ·add. ·noun A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
Cotta, ae, m., v. Aurelius. ...
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