Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A blunt arrow used for target practice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blunt or unbarbed arrow used for shooting at a target. Also spelled
but-shaft .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably from butt.]
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