Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See buttress, 3.
Wiktionary
- n. A cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the operator's shoulder, used in paring the hoofs of horses.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Far.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.
Etymologies
- Related to buttress (noun). From French bouter to push. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He liked horses well enough, but preferred their hides to their hoofs; and became more skilful with the fleam than the butteris.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘butteris’.
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steel
a reflection on :
Indo-European root stāk- to stand, place
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This list is like butter
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