See Also: sprote(dictionary)

sprote (iou)



sprote noun. .
[Old English sprota = Middle Dutch sprote, sproot (Dutch sport), Middle Low German sprote, sprate, Old High German sprozzo (Middle High German sprosse, German Sprosse), Old Norse sproti, from West Germanic, ult. rel. to SPROUT verb1.]
A shoot, a sprout, a twig. OE-LME.
A chip, a splinter. LME.
In pl. Small sticks or twigs; bits of branches blown from trees. Also sprote-wood. E19.