ox-butt
English
Etymology
ox
+
butt
(
“
cart
”
)
Noun
ox
-
butt
(
plural
ox-butts
)
(
West Country
,
obsolete
)
An
ox
-drawn
cart
.
1817
, Charles Sandoe Gilbert,
An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall
, page
352
:
The
ox-butt
has been long established in Cornwall, and is a kind of cart drawn by oxen in yokes.
Related terms
buttload
gurry-butt
slide-butt
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