shote

British  

/ ʃəʊt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of shoat

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Example Sentences

On the homeward trip, their ship "much beeten with shote and wether," sailed westward into Tobermory Bay where her grandee captain, arrogant even in defeat, demanded food and aid from the local Scots.

From Time Magazine Archive

‘It is ferre gone,’ sayd Robyn, ‘That I was last here; Me lyste a lytell for to shote At the donnë dere.’

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Keziah married jest 'bout thet time a poor shote of a feller, an' went out West with him on ter some gov'ment lands.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

There were nine shotes nearly of a size, and the Deacon said, "I'll give Serry the odd shote."

From Other Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin

I shal as now do more for you That longeth to womanhed; To short my here, a bowe to bere, To shote in tyme of nede.

From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank