coath

Alternative forms

• cothe

Etymology

From Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kōth, IPA^(key): /kəʊθ/
• (US) enPR: kōth, IPA^(key): /koʊθ/
• Rhymes: -əʊθ

Noun

coath (countable and uncountable, plural coaths)

1. (Britain dialectal) Sickness; disease; pestilence.
2. (Britain dialectal) An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc.
3. (Britain dialectal) A disease affecting sheep or cattle.

Verb

coath (third-person singular simple present coaths, present participle coathing, simple past and past participle coathed)

1. (intransitive) To faint.
2. (transitive) To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or rot.

Anagrams

• Choat, tacho