sb. pl. Also 7 crotelles, -iles, -els. [app. dim. f. F. crote, crotte (see CROT).] The globular dung or excrement of hares, etc.

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1598.  Manwood, Lawes Forest, iv. § 6 (1615), 45/2. Of a Hare [the ordure is called] crottels or cratising.

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1660.  Howell, Parly of Beasts, 8 (D.). The lesses of a fox, the crotells of a hare.

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a. 1700.  B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Crotiles, Hares Excrements.

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1711.  Puckle, Club (1817), 90. The spraints of an otter, the crottels of a hare.

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