Shote
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shote is a noun meaning Alternative form of shoat (“young pig”).
Meaning
Alternative form of shoat (“young pig”).
More Meanings
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) A fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus).
Example Sentences
Just then from the doorway, as fat as shotes, Came the cake-walk princes in their long red coats[…]
The rest are common to other Shires, but the Shote in a maner peculiar to Deuon and Cornwall: in shape and colour he resembleth the Trowt
Word Forms
- shotes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include twaite, herling, botcher, shiner, scull, skirling.
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