shotten

shot·ten

S0368200 (shŏt′n)adj. Archaic Having recently spawned and thus being less desirable as food. Used of fish, especially herring.
[Middle English shoten, past participle of shoten, to shoot; see shoot.]

shotten

(ˈʃɒtən) adj1. (Zoology) (of fish, esp herring) having recently spawned2. archaic worthless or undesirable[C15: from obsolete past participle of shoot]

shot•ten

(ˈʃɒt n)

adj. (of fish, esp. herring) having recently ejected the spawn. [1175–1225; Middle English, past participle of shoot1]