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butteris

butteris noun: a cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the farrier's shoulder, used in paring the hoofs of horses.

Noun

butteris (plural butterises)

  1. (historical) A cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the farrier's shoulder, used in paring the hoofs of horses.

butteris meaning in Tamil

butteris in Tamil

குளம்புசீவி, குதிரைக்கு இலாடமடிப்பவன், குளம்பு சீவுவதற்கு வைத்திருக்கும் கருவி

Forms of butteris

pluralbutterises
alternative formbuttrice

Origin of butteris

Related to buttress (noun). From French bouter (“to push”).

Questions about butteris

What does butteris mean?
Butteris means a cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the farrier's shoulder, used in paring the hoofs of horses.
What is butteris in Tamil?
Butteris in Tamil is குளம்புசீவி, குதிரைக்கு இலாடமடிப்பவன், குளம்பு சீவுவதற்கு வைத்திருக்கும் கருவி. See Butteris meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is butteris?
Butteris is a noun.
What is the plural of butteris?
The plural of butteris is butterises.

Words near butteris in the dictionary

  1. butterings
  2. butterinski
  3. butterinskies
  4. butterinskis
  5. butterinsky
  6. butteris
  7. butterises
  8. butterish
  9. butterknife
  10. butterknives
  11. Butterknowle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: butteris (page history and authors); butteris (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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