English

hogcote

From hog + cote (“building for domesticated animals”).

A compound of hog + cote ‘building for domesticated animals’

Middle English hog ‘a pig or swine, especially one that is…’

English hog

Old English cot ‘small house’

Old English cote

Middle English cote ‘a coat, especially if worn as an undergarment’

English cote

Today it means

noun A shed for pigs; a sty.

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