dial. [f. COT sb.2] To tangle, mat or felt together.
1881. Leicestersh. Gloss., Cot, to knot, tangle, mat together.
1884. S. W. Linc. Gloss., s.v., ‘Her tail cots so with the dirt.’… ‘The sheaves are quiët green and cotted.’… ‘The wheat was all cotted together in the bags.’
