shotten herring
/ˈʃɒt(ə)n
/noun
1A herring that has spawned.
1.1 archaic A weakened or dispirited person.
Origin
Middle English: shotten, archaic past participle of shoot, in the specialized sense 'discharge (spawn').
- castrate
- castration
- castration complex
- castrato
- castrator
- Castries
- Castro, Fidel
- Castroism
- Castroist
- Castroite
- cast someone off
- cast something up
- cast steel
- cast the (or one's) net
- casual
- casual Friday
- casualisation
- casualization
- casualize
- casually
- casualness
- casual sex
- casualty
- casualty department
- casualty ward