rote; rout
noun in Nova Scotia, the sound of the surf on the shore, a fisherman's locating device. This word, not long in print, descended orally from an Old Norse word
rauta meaning 'roar'. The different sounds of the surf tell fishermen whose GPS has broken down whether they are near sand, cliff, shingle or gravel beach, and their knowledge of the coastline does the rest
CANADA, 1975