Gurry-butt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gurry-butt is a noun meaning (West Country, obsolete) A horse- or ox-drawn cart used for carrying dung.
Meaning
(West Country, obsolete) A horse- or ox-drawn cart used for carrying dung.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A large cask used for holding fish offal.
Example Sentences
All farm carriage was by pack-horse, except that oxen were sometimes yoked to harvest or dung-sledges ('gurry-buts').
The gurry-butt is similar to the slide-butt, next described, except that it has two wheels, nearly at its farther end, and an iron staple beneath its upper end, on a level with the wheels.
"'Wouldn't hev your conscience fer a thousand quintal," said Dan. "Turn in, Penn. You've no call to do boy's work. Draw a bucket, Harvey. Oh, Penn, dump these in the gurry-butt 'fore you sleep. Kin you keep awake that long?"¶ Penn took up the heavy basket of fish-livers, emptied them into a cask with a hinged top lashed by the foc'sle; then he too dropped out of sight in the cabin.
Word Forms
- gurry-butts
- gurry-but
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gurry-but, butt, ox-butt, buggy, growler, bullock cart.
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