SHOTTEN


Meaning of SHOTTEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshä-t ə n ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English shotyn, from past participle of sheten to shoot

Date: 15th century

: having ejected the spawn and so of inferior food value

shotten herring

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.