noun
dottle
Dottle (noun) means a stopper used to plug or close a container.
noun
1
A stopper used to plug or close a container.
2
A small round lump of something.
3
The leftover tobacco, whether still smouldering or burnt out, left in a pipe.
"I clenched my pipe in my right fist and poked at the dottle busily with various fingers, first one then another, of my left hand."
— John Gardner, Freddy's Book (1981)
"He tapped out the dottle on the deck, locked the steering oar in position, and commenced repacking his pipe."
— Alan Dean Foster, The Hour of the Gate (1984)
"I fiddle and scrape and poke for a while, banging out the dottle from my previous pipeful into an ashtray and puffing down the stem like a horn player warming up his trumpet."
— Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles (2010)
4
A dummy that a baby sucks on to stay calm.
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Etymology
Traces to Middle English dottel, dottelle (“a plug or tap of a vessel”), a diminutive of Old English dott (which gives English dot, “a point”); equivalent to dot + -le. It is related to Old English dyttan (“to stop up, clot”), Dutch dot (“a knot, lump, clod”), and Low German Dutte (“a plug”). See also dit.
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What is the meaning of dottle?
"dottle" (noun) means a stopper used to plug or close a container.
What are the different meanings of dottle?
"dottle" has 3 main meanings: 1. A stopper used to plug or close a container; 2. A small round lump of something; 3. The leftover tobacco, whether still smouldering or burnt out, left in a pipe.
