Meanings
plural armskotes · alternative arms kote
- SingaporegovernmentA storage room or armoury where firearms and magazines are kept.
Then, we can train in the bunk. Right, Vinod? We can train anywhere. Today you help the Armskote.
1993, Haresh Sharma, Off Centre, Ethos Books, →ISBN, Act 3, scene I, page 84, lines 26–272 more examples
“This business of Jerry Stanley’s occurred in peace time, in the secure arms kote of a secure barracks in a secure garrison town—”
2008, Simon Raven, Bird of Ill Omen, House of Stratus, →ISBN, page 27“In leather belts and pouches with full water bottles you will report as soon as possible in front of the armskote. Move!”
2020, John Twells, Unto the Hills: “Don’t Worry—I Have the Fortune to be with Gurkhas”, Troubador Publishing Limited, →ISBN
Origin
- Hindiकोठा“warehouse”
- Proto-Dravidian*kōṭṭay“wall”
- Hindustani
- Punjabiਕੋਟ“fort”
- Englisharmskote
From arms + possibly Punjabi ਕੋਟ (koṭ, “fort”) or Hindustani کوٹ / कोट (koṭ, “fort, barracks”), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay (“wall”). Compare Tamil கோட்டை (kōṭṭai, “fort, castle, stronghold”). Alternatively, from Hindi कोठा (koṭhā, “warehouse”) or a related cognate. First used in British Indian military parlance, across the British Raj.
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