Found 1 items, similar to Cottage allotment.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cottage allotment Allotment \Al*lot"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.] 1. The act of allotting; assignment. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The alloments of God and nature. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs. --Broome. [1913 Webster] 3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person. [1913 Webster] Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] Cottage \Cot"tage\ (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From Cot a cottage.] A small house; a cot; a hut. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.] Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball. [1913 Webster]