côte ((1))

[< F côte side, coast]

Hist. (except in place names)

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

a canton or settlement along a river on the outskirts of a town or city.

See côte ((2)): in some quotes côte in place names is ambiguous in the evidence.

Quotations

1703

Some cantons or quarters in the neighborhood of Quebec . . . planters call . . . cotes. . . .

1883

These various settlements became known in local phraseology as Côtes, apparently from their natural situation on the banks of the river.

1904

I cannot find that the word cote has ever been applied to river settlements in the province.

1964

The côtes [along the Detroit River in U.C.], or long, straggling villages resembled . . . the settlements along the St. Lawrence in Quebec.