A cot is a

camp bed A camp bed is a narrow, light-weight bed, often made of sturdy cloth stretched over a folding frame. The term camp bed is common in the United Kingdom, but in North America they are often referred to as cots. Camp beds are used by the military in ...

infant bed An infant bed (commonly called a cot in British English, and, in American English, a crib, or far less commonly, stock) is a small bed especially for infants and very young children. Infant beds are a historically recent development intended to c ...

. Cot or COT may also refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Chicago Opera Theater The Chicago Opera Theater (COT) is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. COT is a resident company at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago's Millennium Park and is currently in residence at the newly renovated Studeb ...

, an opera company

In mathematics, science, and technology

Car of Tomorrow The Car of Tomorrow (abbreviated as CoT) was the common name used for the chassis of the NASCAR Cup Series (2007 –2012) and Xfinity Series (since 2011 full-time) race cars. The car was part of a five-year project to create a safer vehicle ...

, a car design used in NASCAR racing *

Cost of transport The energy cost of transport quantifies the energy efficiency of transporting an animal or vehicle from one place to another. As a dimensionless quantity, it allows for the comparison of dissimilar animals or modes of transportation. It has a wide r ...

, an energy calculation *

Cottage A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a Cotter (farmer), cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager ...

developed from the word cot, which can be seen in various forms in other languages meaning a tent / hut e.g.

Goahti A goahti (Northern Sámi), goahte (Lule Sámi), gåhte (Pite Sámi), gåhtie (Ume Sámi) or gåetie (Southern Sámi), (also ''gábma''), (Norwegian: ''gamme'', Finnish: ''kota'', Swedish: ''kåta''), is a Sami hut or tent of three types of cov ...

and

Kohte The Kohte is the typical tent of German Scouting and the German Youth Movement. Based on the Sami goahti and lavvu and developed in the late 1920s and early 1930s, it is an open-topped tent assembled on-site from four characteristically shaped ...

Cotangent In mathematics, the trigonometric functions (also called circular functions, angle functions or goniometric functions) are real functions which relate an angle of a right-angled triangle to ratios of two side lengths. They are widely used in all ...

, a trigonometric function, written as "cot" *

Cyclooctatetraene 1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene (COT) is an unsaturated derivative of cyclooctane, with the formula C8H8. It is also known as nnulene. This polyunsaturated hydrocarbon is a colorless to light yellow flammable liquid at room temperature. Because of ...

, an unsaturated hydrocarbon *

Finger cot A finger cot (also finger frock or finger stall, informally finger condom) is a medical device used to cover one or more fingers in situations where a full glove seems unnecessary. Like medical and rubber gloves, finger cots may be made from ...

, a hygienic cover for a single finger

In government and military use

* Colombian Time, the time zone used in Colombia (UTC−05:00) *

Comando de Operações Táticas The Comando de Operações Táticas (Portuguese for ''Command Of Tactical Operations''), mostly known by its acronym COT, is the tactical unit of the Federal Police of Brazil. It was created after Brazilian parliament recommendations, in an atte ...

, a Brazilian counter-terrorism force *

Commitments of Traders The Commitments of Traders is a weekly market report issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) enumerating the holdings of participants in various futures markets in the United States. It is collated by the CFTC from submissions fro ...

Report, US market report *

Committee on Toxicity The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is a UK independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other Government Departments and A ...

of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, in the UK *

RAF Cottesmore Royal Air Force Station Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton. On 15 December 2009, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth announced that the ...

Flying Training Unit, United Kingdom (ICAO airline designator)

People

Cot (surname) Cot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jean-Pierre Cot (born 1937), French professor and judge * Pierre Cot (1895–1977), French politician * Pierre Auguste Cot Pierre Auguste Cot (; 17 February 1837 – 2 August 188 ...

Cot Deal Ellis Ferguson "Cot" Deal (January 23, 1923 – May 21, 2013) was a pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. Listed at , , Deal was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. A native of Arapaho, Oklahoma, he grew up in Oklahoma City and was nick ...

(1923–2013), American baseball pitcher and coach

Other uses

Coatesville station Coatesville station is an Amtrak intercity rail station located in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Amtrak '' Keystone Service'' trains. The station has two side platforms serving the outer tracks of the three-track Philadelphia to ...

, Amtrak station code *

Cot Valley Cot Valley is located half-a-mile south of St Just in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a very mild microclimate.Clegg, David (2005) ''Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly: the complete guide''. Leicester: Matador; p. 121 The stream which runs d ...

, Cornwall, England *

Cottingley railway station Cottingley railway station serves the Cottingley and Churwell areas of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies south west of Leeds on the Huddersfield Line. It is the nearest railway station to Leeds United F.C.'s Elland Road stadium. A Whi ...

, National Rail station code *

Malbec Malbec () is a purple grape variety used in making red wine. The grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins, and are known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine. In France, plantations of Malbec are n ...

grapes, known in the Loire Valley as Côt *

Club Olympique des Transports The Club Olympique des Transports ( ar, النادي الأولمبي للنقل), often referred to as ''COT'' or ''Ennakel'' is a Tunisian football club based in the city of Tunis. The club was founded in 1945, the team plays in blue and black ...

, a football club based in Tunis, Tunisia

In arts and entertainment

In mathematics, science, and technology

In government and military use

People

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