shoat

[shoht]

noun

1. Also shote a young, weaned pig.

2. geep.

shoat

/ ʃəʊt /

noun

1. a piglet that has recently been weaned

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoat¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English shote; cognate with dialectal Dutch schote

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoat¹

C15: related to West Flemish schote

Example Sentences

Travis liked the shoats too, but fortunately, that year none of our present piglets had evidenced a singular enough personality to earn a name.

From Literature

“Yes, Bethlehem,” and he said suddenly, “Go to bed. We’ve got a year of work—a year. Get some rest. I’m going to borrow money from Will to buy a hundred shoats.”

From Literature

The least little old biting shoat could make her take cover.

From Literature

They can live with hogs, have half a dozen shoats at the dinner-table, a litter of pigs in the family bed, but they can't abide Irish.

From Project Gutenberg

Droves of black hogs and shoats are ploughing the sward in their search for sweet roots, or lying half-buried in the wet sand.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• boar 
• pig 
• piglet 
• swine