Cotter /(k?t"t?r)/

Cot·ter

Cotter

n.
  1. A cottager; a cottier.
    Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter.

Cotter

n.
  1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.
  2. A toggle.

Cotter

v. t.
  1. To fasten with a cotter.