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Definition of Dotrel
1. Noun. Rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia.
Generic synonyms: Plover
Group relationships: Charadrius, Genus Charadrius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dotrel
Literary usage of Dotrel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elizabethan People by Henry Thew Stephenson (1910)
"... illuminate dotrel, who being out of credit, learning, sobriety, honesty, and
wit, will take this holy advantage to raise the ruins of his desperate ..."
2. Geographical Collections Relating to Scotland Made by Walter Macfarlane by Walter Macfarlane (1908)
"... where he dwells and notwithstanding all we had heard of him before, were
somewhat surprized with the oddness of this dotrel-quality. ..."
3. Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster by Thomas Potts, Edward Bromley (1845)
"... illuminate dotrel, who being out of credite, learning, sobriety, honesty, and
wit, will take this holy aduantage, to raise the ruines of his desperate ..."
4. Antiquities of Shropshire by Robert William Eyton (1860)
"1184), 41, 60 dotrel, v. Dothill Dover of Chilham (Kent).— , Hugh de (1161-7),
67, 69, 70 , , Matilda Peverel, wife of (defa. 1185), 66, 67, 69, 70, 75, ..."
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