Definition of Cotta

1. n. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.

Definition of Cotta

1. a short surplice [n -TAE or -TAS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotta

cotranslational transfer
cotranslational transport
cotranslationally
cotransport
cotransported
cotransporter
cotransporters
cotransporting
cotransports
cotreatment
cotrimoxazole
cotrustee
cotrustees
cots
cott
cotta (current term)
cottae
cottage cheese
cottage dweller
cottage fries
cottage hospital
cottage hospitals
cottage industries
cottage industry
cottage pie
cottage pies
cottage pink
cottage tent

Literary usage of Cotta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906: And Their Effects by Grove Karl Gilbert, Joseph Austin Holmes, Richard Lewis Humphrey, John Stephen Sewell, Frank Soulé (1907)
"TERRA cotta. As fireproofing for floors terra-cotta tiling has not given universal satisfaction. It is lighter than concrete, but the wrenching of buildings ..."

2. The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States: An Historical Review of by Edwin Atlee Barber (1893)
"The terra-cotta is of a pure yellow, in surface ornamentation, upon a soft, brown ground, with columns of Indian red, the whole framed in a setting of ..."

3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"RS TERRA cotta. Hard baked pottery, especially that which is used in architecture or in decorative art of large scale. It may be left with its natural brown ..."

4. A Manual of Historic Ornament, Treating Upon the Evolution, Tradition, and by Richard Glazier (1906)
"ERRA cotta. Terra cotta is usually made from pure clay, which will burn to a white or yellow colour, or from impure, which will burn to a red colour owing ..."

5. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1868)
"By the Author of " Chronicles of the Schon- berg-cotta Family." New York : MW Dodd. THE author of these books has never announced herself upon a ..."

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