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In modern usage, a cottage is a dwelling, typically in a non-urban location (although there are cottage-style dwellings in cities). In most settings, the term cottage denotes a small, often cozy dwelling, and small size is integral to the description, but in some places, such as Canada, the term exists with no connotation of size at all (cf. vicarage or hermitage). In Canada, the term cottage usually refers to a vacation/summer home, often located near a body of water.
Origin of the term
Originally -in the Middle-Ages- cottages housed agricultural workers and their families. The term cottage denoted the dwelling of a cotter. Thus, cottages were smaller peasant units (larger peasant units being called "messuages"). In that early period, a documentary reference to a cottage would most often mean, not a small stand-alone dwelling as today, but a complete farmhouse and yard (albeit a small one). Thus in the Middle-Ages, the word cottage (Lat. "cotagium") seems to have meant not just a dwelling, but have included at least a dwelling (domus) and a barn (grangia), as well as, usually, a fenced yard or piece of land enclosed by a gate (portum)
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#france #realestate Cute stone cottage to renovate with large detached stone barn and 250m² of land.Ideal for sto... http://bit.ly/7WEKhd
FPStweets (France Property Shop) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:19:36 -0000
#france #realestate Cute stone cottage to renovate with large detached stone barn and 250m² of land.Ideal for sto... http://bit.ly/7WEKhd
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FPStweets (France Property Shop) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:19:33 -0000
#france #realestate Maison Augusta is a stone built "Quercy" style cottage situated in a hamlet in the village of ... http://bit.ly/8dZ6pr
my new ambition in life is to get cooking lessons from the hot chef at river cottage
GabiiBuccheri (gabriella buccheri) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:18:36 -0000
my new ambition in life is to get cooking lessons from the hot chef at river cottage
My cottage cheese is 80 calories or 306 mexican calories. o.o
VulpesTia (Tia Kelly) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:17:28 -0000
My cottage cheese is 80 calories or 306 mexican calories. o.o
@KWills29 how lovely, looks like a little woodland cottage. Love the stockings hanging up, very festive. Toasty!
clare1808 (Clare Smith) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:17:21 -0000
@KWills29 how lovely, looks like a little woodland cottage. Love the stockings hanging up, very festive. Toasty!
@YourOrganicLife You go girl! Hi from Cottage Hill Farm! Will follow and keep up. Thanks for the article. LaVerne
VermontOrganics (LaVerne Lesznik) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:17:16 -0000
@YourOrganicLife You go girl! Hi from Cottage Hill Farm! Will follow and keep up. Thanks for the article. LaVerne
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