rutter

A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.

Noun Scotland

  1. A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.
  2. A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh.
  3. The penis.
    • She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep. - 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 321:

Origin

Etymology tree English rut English -er English rutter From rut + -er.

Forms

rutters

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Rut

Noun historical

  1. A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
    • Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver - c. 1611, John Fletcher, The Woman's Prize, Act I, scene iv:

Origin

From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to route + ier; see rout.

Forms

rutters

Noun historical

  1. A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide.
    • But a rutter was only as good as the pilot who wrote 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, published...

Origin

From Middle French routier, corresponding to route + -ier.

Forms

rutters