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† ˈcutwith, ˈcutwithy Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 5 cutwythy, 6 -wydy, 7 -withy, 9 -widdie, -wuddie.
[f. cut ppl. a. + with, withy twig.]
The cross-bar or similar fastening at the end of the beam of a plough or harrow to which the gear of the draught animals is attached.
1565Richmond. Wills (Surtees) 179, ij coulters, ij paire cutwydyes, j. horse draughte. 1624N. Riding Rec. (1885) III. ii. 201 An Acklam labourer presented for stealing two yron cutwithies. 1823Tennant Card. Beaton 114 (Jam.) Couters, and barrow-trams, an' cudwuddies. 1825Jamieson, Cutwiddies, the links which join the swingletrees to the threiptree in a plough. Clydes. 1863Morton Cycl. Agric. Gloss., Cutwith (Heref.), the bar of the plough to which the traces are attached. |