Wit"tol (?), n. [Said to be for white tail, and so called in allusion to its white tail; but cf. witwal.]

1. (Zoöl.) The wheatear. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest. [Obs.] Shak.

Wit"tol (?), n. [Said to be for white tail, and so called in allusion to its white tail; but cf. witwal.]

1. (Zoöl.) The wheatear. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest. [Obs.] Shak.