bott

[bot]

noun

1. Metallurgy.,  a conical knob, mounted on a rod, for stopping temporarily the flow of molten metal or slag from a blast furnace or cupola.

bott

/ bɒt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of bot 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of bott¹

1875–80; perhaps special use of dial. bot (now obsolete) iron tool for marking sheep, itself special use of Middle English botte (variant of bat ¹ ) shepherd's crook

Example Sentences

Bott, 34, of John Wesley Close in Mountsorrel, and Ratteray, 41, of Oxford Street, Leicester, were ordered to pay £500 compensation to Mrs Mawby and £1,000 to Mr Page.

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Marecko Ratteray and Kerryan Bott, the owners of the XL Bully, were given 14-month suspended sentences at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday.

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Doorbell camera footage played to the court showed Mrs Mawby and Darcy outside their house in John Wesley Close - near to where Cookie was staying at Bott's home.

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Christine Bott, who works at a long Covid rehab clinic in Wiltshire, said: "There is a feeling we should all be getting on with it."

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“She has permanent scarring, physically,” Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott said in court.

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