crottels, n. pl.
(ˈkrɒt(ə)lz)
Also 7 crotelles, -iles, -els.
[app. dim. f. F. crote, crotte (see crot).]
The globular dung or excrement of hares, etc.
| 1598 J. Manwood Lawes Forest iv. §6 (1615) 45/2 Of a Hare [the ordure is called] crottels or cratising. 1660 Howell Parly of Beasts 8 (D.) The lesses of a fox, the crotells of a hare. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Crotiles, Hares Excrements. 1711 Puckle Club (1817) 90 The spraints of an otter, the crottels of a hare. |