rutter
see also: Rutter
Pronunciation Noun
Rutter
Proper noun
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see also: Rutter
Pronunciation Noun
rutter (plural rutters)
- (historical) A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. [from 16th c.]
- circa 1611 John Fletcher, “The Woman's Prize”, Act I, scene iv:
- Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver
- circa 1611 John Fletcher, “The Woman's Prize”, Act I, scene iv:
rutter (plural rutters)
- (historical) A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide. [from 16th c.]
- 1975, James Clavell, Shōgun, Random House 2009, p. 13:
- But a rutter was only as good as the pilot who write it, the scribe who hand-copied it, the very rare printer who printed it, or the scholar who translated it.
- 1975, James Clavell, Shōgun, Random House 2009, p. 13:
rutter (plural rutters)
- (now, chiefly, Scotland) A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground. [from 18th c.]
- (North America, now, historical) A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh. [from 19th c.]
- (slang) The penis.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 321:
- She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 321:
Rutter
Proper noun
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