shott

American  

[shaht] / ʃɑt /

noun

plural

shotts

1. Geology. a variant of chott.

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shott British  

/ ʃɒt /

noun

1. a shallow temporary salt lake or marsh in the North African desert

2. the hollow in which it lies

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shott Scientific  

/ shŏt /

1. A shallow lake or marsh with brackish or saline water, especially in northern Africa. Shotts are dry during the summer, at which time they are also characterized by salt deposits and a lack of vegetation.

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Etymology

Origin of shott

C19: via French chott from Arabic shatt

Example Sentences

Reynolds's boy had the brim of his hatt ½ shott off and his forefinger splintered very sorely.

From Great Pirate Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

He, himself, "was the last of them, when, about noon, giving a farewell with a peale of small shott, he set sayle, and that night, with the tide, fell down ... the river."

From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

Nor will the shott stay there, but with full violence Run through the rancke of frends, disperse and totter The best and fairest hopes thy fame was built on.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

But for the hedge we might descry them within two muskett shott.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

A // A fooles bolt is soone shott    His lippes hang in his light.

From Bacon is Shake-Speare by Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin