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/kɒtə/ · noun
(mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together..
The chains are secured to each end of the cast-iron arches by cotters.
She found Esco by the barn. He was trying to cotter a cart-wheel with a peg he had whittled from a locust branch, driving it in with a hand sledge
The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes,— / This night his weekly moil is at an end,— / Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, […]
Use cotter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cotter means (mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together..
Common synonyms include coscet, cottager, cottar, cottier.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The chains are secured to each end of the cast-iron arches by cotters.
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