Obs. Also crotaye, crottoye. [f. CROTEY v.] In pl. = CROTTELS.
a. 1425. Master of Game (Bodl. MS. 546 fo. 70). Ȝif þe croteyes beþ grete and þikke.
1575. Turberv., Venerie, 65. To iudge an olde harte by the fewmishing, the which they make in brode croteys.
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Wks., I. 93/1. A Hare or Conneys Crottoyes.
1741. Compl. Fam. Piece, II. i. 301. The Croteys or Excrements of a Buck [Hare].
1807. Sportsman’s Dict., s.v. Bear, [Bears] cast their lesses sometimes in round croteys.
