Cot or crib? (Re: Harry at the Dursleys)

[wisteria053]

No: HPFGUIDX 118465


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Carol responds:
> So a cot *is* what Americans call a crib (a child's bed with 
> slide down railings). The portable baby bed would be a bassinette, 
> or at least that's what it was called when I had occasion to think 
> about the matter. <snip>


wisteria53 (UK with 3 children): Cots v cribs
I never used the word crib - the portable one you're describing 
sounds like a carrycot or a Moses basket.