Buttrice
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Buttrice is a noun meaning Alternative form of butteris.
Meaning
Alternative form of butteris.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of buttress.
Example Sentences
A buttrice, and pincers, a hammer and nail, And apron, and scissars for head and for tail, Whole bridle and saddle, whitleather, and nall, With collars and harness, for thiller and all.
c. 1642, Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1609-1642, Westminster Abbey, 2006, Boydell Press, page 173, It is decreed att the same time and place by the subdeane and chapter that sufficient reparation be done upon the east end of the church, videlicet in timber and leade, and coping five buttrices yeerely.
Word Forms
- buttrices
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include butteris, crupper, butching, gurry-but, butt, crutcher.
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