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† ˈshotterel Obs. rare.
Also 6 shotrel.
[Of obscure origin: cf. shoat and cockerel, pickerel etc.]
A young pike of the first year.
1566Gascoigne Supposes ii. iv, As though sixe mouthes..bee not sufficient to eate an harlotrie shotterell, a pennie⁓worth of cheese, and halfe a score spurlings. c1620Lawson Dennis' Secrets of Angling (1885) 49 The Shotrell, 1 year, Pickerel, 2 year, Pike, 3 year, Luce, 4 year, are one. |