COT-GARE, a kind of refuse wool, so clung or clogged together that it cannot be pulled afunder. By 13 Rich. II. stat. 1. c. 9. it is provided, that neither denizen or foreigner make any other refuse of wool, but cote-gare and villein. So the printed statute has it; but in the parliament roll of that year it is cot-land, and villein. Cot, or cote, signifies as much as cottage in many places, and was so used by the Saxons according to Verlegan.