Shote noun [ Anglo-Saxon sceóta a darting fish, a trout, from sceótan . See Shoot , transitive verb ] 1. (Zoology) A fish resembling the trout. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] Garew. 2. [ Perh. a different word.] A young hog; a sh... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/93