1. plural of whortle; small dark blue berries, also known as bilberries or huckleberries
Usage: chiefly British; dialectal

Examples

• The children gathered whortles from the hillside bushes.
• She made a delicious pie with fresh whortles from the moor.
• The whortles were ripe and ready for picking in late summer.
• Local farmers sell whortles at the village market.
• We found plenty of whortles growing wild in the forest.
• The whortles stained our fingers purple as we ate them.