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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