Also bottlin(g. [cf. Du. bot stumpy.] The fish called chub or chevin (Cyprinus cephalus).
a. 1613. J. D[ennys], Secr. Angling, in Arb., Garner (1877), I. 175. The peel, the tweat, the botling, and the rest.
1653. T. Barker, Art Angling. It [salmon-roe] is a special bait for dace or dare, good for chubb, or bottlin, or grayling.
1833. J. Rennie, Alph. Angling, 105. The chub, chevin, or bottling neither affords good sport to the angler nor a good dish.
