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English
Etymology
From French côteau.
Noun
côteau (plural côteaux)
- Rare form of coteau.
1842, A[lexander] Taylor, On the Curative Influence of the Climate of Pau, and the Mineral Waters of the Pyrenees, on Disease. , London: John W. Parker, , page 334:In every direction along the côteaux which skirt this beautiful drive, we find country-houses, whose situations are judiciously chosen in reference to the views and freedom from atmospheric inconveniences.
1858 February 22, G. F. Baillargé, “I.”, in General Report of the Commissioners of Public Works, for the Year Ending 31st December, 1857: Furnished in Compliance with the Provisions of the Act, 9 Vict. Cap. 7, Toronto, Ont.: John Lovell, , page 74:[…] thence, at fourteen miles from the St. Lawrence it reaches the Kempt Road near the sixteenth mile post, after traversing a series of côteaux of gentle acclivity, excepting that nearest to Paquet’s Brook, which is objectionable on account of its steepness, but could not be avoided; […]
1876, , “One Word—Farewell”, in The Sun-Maid. A Romance., volume III, London: Richard Bentley and Son, , page 53:The côteaux lay smiling in the dewy sparkle of the morning sunshine, and all glad and beautiful with the coming spring.