cots
nounUK /kɒts/
US /kɑːts/
Cots are small beds with high sides for babies to sleep in.
The nursery had two cots side by side for the twins.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Small, narrow beds that fold up, often used for camping or temporary sleeping.
We set up camp cots for the guests in the living room.
3. Small, simple beds used by soldiers or travelers.
The soldiers slept on canvas cots in the barracks.
4. Short for cotangents, a trigonometric function.
The math problem asked us to compute the cots of several angles.