shott

American  

[shaht] / ʃɑt /

noun

plural

shotts

1. Geology. a variant of chott.

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shott British  

/ ʃɒt /

noun

1. a shallow temporary salt lake or marsh in the North African desert

2. the hollow in which it lies

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shott Scientific  

/ shŏt /

1. A shallow lake or marsh with brackish or saline water, especially in northern Africa. Shotts are dry during the summer, at which time they are also characterized by salt deposits and a lack of vegetation.

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Etymology

Origin of shott

C19: via French chott from Arabic shatt

Example Sentences

The soil throughout this sound is nothing but sand a good way up the hills and after that you chiefly find rocks with here and there a shott of grass.

From The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Lee, Ida

Only one man Slightly wounded in the Engagement by a Splinter, John Taylor, two more by an Accident a peice Going off after the fight and shott them both in the Arm.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

I had rather be cramm'd into a cannon and shott against their ships then you should prove a witch & tell true now.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

Our rigging shott that had but one running rope left clear, our mainshrouds three on one side, two on the other cutt in two.

From Great Pirate Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

Att 6 that evening saw the lookt for island, and the Pirate came up with us on our starboard side within shott.

From Great Pirate Stories by French, Joseph Lewis