Noun: cottar kó-tu(r)
- A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
"The cottar tended his small plot of land on the laird's estate";
- cotter
- Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
"The mechanic secured the axle with a cottar pin";
- cotter
Derived forms: cottars
Type of: bucolic, fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast, peasant, provincial
Encyclopedia: Cottar