Cotter

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To fasten with a cotter.

II. Cotter ·noun A Toggle.

III. Cotter ·noun ·Alt. of Cottar.

IV. Cotter ·noun A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

← Cottar   ×   Cottier →

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