ort noun.
[ɔ:t] LME.[Middle Low German orte refuse of food = early mod. Dutch ooræte (cf. Swedish dial. oräte refuse, fodder, Low German orten, verorten to leave remains of food or fodder), perh. from Dutch oor- out (as in ORDEAL) + eten EAT verb.]Usu. in
pl. Fragments of food left over from a meal; fodder left by cattle; refuse scraps. Also more widely, anything left over; remains.
■ A. S. Byatt The orts and fragments of the owl's compressed package of bone, tooth and fur. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲