Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
buttress , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cutting instrument , with a long bentshank set in a handle which rests against the operator'sshoulder , used inparing thehoofs ofhorses .
Etymologies
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Related to buttress (noun). From French bouter to push.
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Examples
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He liked horses well enough, but preferred their hides to their hoofs; and became more skilful with the fleam than the butteris.
Margaret 1851
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