[f. COTTER sb.2] trans. To fasten with a cotter. Hence Cottered ppl. a.
1649. Blithe, Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653), 67. To cotter it close to the over-side of the Staff. Ibid., 197. An iron bolt … strongly drawn up and cottered fast.
1856. Ann. Reg., 54. My father uncottered the window.
1875. Lanc. Gloss., s.v. Cotter, ‘Cotter them shutters, an’ let’s get to bed.’
1877. M. Reynolds, Locom. Eng. Driving, v. (ed. 5), 246. Enginemen are warned against improperly cottering up any joint or brass, and thereby causing the journals to become hot.
