Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Allotment \Al*lot"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.]
   1. The act of allotting; assignment.

   2. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted
      or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the
      act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a
      distinct party.

            The alloments of God and nature.      --L'Estrange.

            A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
                                                  --Broome.

   3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a
      particular thing to a particular person.

   {Cottage allotment}, an allotment of a small portion of land
      to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]

Cottage \Cot"tage\ (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From {Cot} a cottage.]
   A small house; a cot; a hut.

   Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the
         poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful
         dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any
         residence or lodging house of rustic architecture,
         irrespective of size.

   {Cottage allotment}. See under {Alloment}. [Eng.]

   {Cottage cheese}, the thick part of clabbered milk strained,
      salted, and pressed into a ball.