but-end

Thus silencing his apprehensions with the but-end of a military ballad, he followed his guide into a sort of guard-room filled with armed

A Legend of Montrose 2008

The boys accompanied these orders with a shouting similar to that which is made in driving dogs away, and then beating my ass with the but-end of their lances, they drove him into the desert.

Travels in Nubia 2004

So saying, he thrust the magic lance into some of the pigmy effigies, and belabored others with the but-end, upon which the former fell as dead upon the board, and the rest turning upon each other began, pell-mell, a chance-medley fight.

The Alhambra 2002

He struck the foundation with the but-end of his spear.

The Alhambra 2002

So saying, he thrust the magic lance into some of the pigmy effigies, and belabored others with the but-end, upon which the former fell as dead upon the board, and the rest turning upon each other began, pell-mell, a chance-medley fight.

The Alhambra 2002

He struck the foundation with the but-end of his spear.

The Alhambra 2002

Having a groove at the but-end, it is used also as a rest for the rifle, besides serving as

Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia John Milton Mackie

We had walked several miles almost in silence, when Nathan suddenly made a pause, and let the but-end of his rifle fall heavily on the ground.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

One of them sprang at me, and if it had not been for my hunting-knife, I was done for, for I had no room to swing my axe; but as he came on I hit him a blow with my fist, which knocked him down, and then ran my knife into him, and jumping over his body snatched a musket out of Rachel's hand, and began laying about me with the but-end of it.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

He raised the but-end of his gun; but his daughter, rushing forward, clung to his arm.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various