dottrel

English

Noun

dottrel (plural dottrels)

1. Archaic form of dotterel.
   • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 461:

     Down below in the privy kitchen they are roasting dottrels for dinner.

References

• “dottrel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.