troutlet
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]troutlet (plural troutlet or troutlets)
- A young trout.
- 1816, James Brydges Willyams, The Influence of Genius[1], London: J. Hatchard, Part 1, stanza 37, p. 21:
- The brook beneath, thro’ which the troutlet shy / Shot swiftly on, and baffled all his skill;
- 1906, Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic’s Word Book[2], page 67:
- As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet / Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet,
- 1914, J. M. Barrie, “Rosalind”, in Half Hours[3], London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 101:
- He has a nice taste in the arts that has come to him by the way of socks, spats and slips, and of these he has a large and happy collection, which he laughs at jollily in public […] but in the privacy of his chamber he sometimes spreads them out like troutlet on the river’s bank and has his quiet thrills of exultation.
- 1979, Scott O’Dell, The Captive[4], Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 121:
- Farther along I came to a stream and, resting on its bank, counted many troutlets lying on the bottom among the stones.