Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cote \Cote\ (k[=o]t), n. [See 1st {Cot}.]
   1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]

   2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals,
      as for sheep or doves.

            Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve,
            In hurdled cotes.                     --Milton.

Cote \Cote\, v. t. [Prob. from F. c[^o]t['e] side, OF. costet,
   LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F.
   c[^o]toyer to go or keep at the side of. See {Coast}.]
   To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get
   before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] --Drayton.

         We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
                                                  --Shak.

Cote \Cote\, v. t. [See {Quote}.]
   To quote. [Obs.] --Udall.

Source : WordNet®

cote
     n : a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)