Sc. Obs. rare. [f. cotter, COTTAR: see -ERY; cf. COTERIE.] A cottar’s holding.
1792. Statist. Acc. Scot., IV. 401. The decrease is attributed to the abolishing of cotteries.
1803. Agric. Survey, Inverness 349 (Jam.). Let there be a house and garden provided for a Protestant Schoolmaster…. There will arise under his tuition, a race of men and women … whose industry will amply repay the Laird for his meal and cottery.
