What is "cottage allotment"

Allotment \Al*lot"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.]

1. The act of allotting; assignment.

2. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.

   The alloments of God and nature.
   --L'Estrange.

   A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
   --Broome.

3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.

   Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]

Cottage \Cot"tage\ (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From Cot a cottage.] A small house; a cot; a hut.

Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any residence or lodging house of rustic architecture, irrespective of size.

Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.]

Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball.