From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcotcot /kɒt $ kɑːt/ noun [countable] 1 
British EnglishDHF a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child SYN crib American English2 American EnglishDHF a camp bed
British EnglishDHF a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child SYN crib American English2 American EnglishDHF a camp bedExamples from the Corpus
cot• Cots were set up in the local high school for flood victims.• The daughters slept in one bed, the parents in another, the son on a cot.• Grandfather clocks, davenport desks, cots, piano, mangle, even silhouettes in tiny oval frames.• She plops down on the empty cot and lifts a curtain to peer out the window.• After recovering from an attack of shallow breathing he recovered and one nurse said he was smiling and cooing in his cot.• Children's playground; playroom; paddling pool; children's section of main pool; cots and high chairs.• Where stated a baby's cot can be supplied at a charge of £5 per week.• Tlere was no way to keep the two cots curtained off; they were always being exposed to serve as sofas.• Gandhi lay on a white cot in the prison yard under a spreading mango tree.Origin cot (1600-1700) Hindi khat “hammock, bed” 