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ox-butt

ox-butt noun: an ox-drawn cart.

Noun

ox-butt (plural ox-butts)

  1. (West-Country, obsolete) An ox-drawn cart.
    • The ox-butt has been long established in Cornwall, and is a kind of cart drawn by oxen in yokes.1817, Charles Sandoe Gilbert, An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, page 352

Forms of ox-butt

pluralox-butts

Origin of ox-butt

From ox + butt (“cart”).

Questions about ox-butt

What does ox-butt mean?
Ox-butt means an ox-drawn cart.
What part of speech is ox-butt?
Ox-butt is a noun.
What is the plural of ox-butt?
The plural of ox-butt is ox-butts.

Words near ox-butt in the dictionary

  1. ox warbler
  2. ox warblers
  3. ox-
  4. ox-biter
  5. ox-biters
  6. ox-butt
  7. ox-butts
  8. ox-drawn
  9. ox-eye
  10. ox-eye daisies
  11. ox-eye daisy

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