tuftern.
/ˈtʌftə/ Stag-hunting.
A hound trained to drive the deer out of cover.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > staghound
receiverc1425
buck-hound1530
staghound1707
rough greyhounda1803
deer-dog1815
deer-hound1818
tufter1856
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 2) i. ii. ii. §2. 109 Men, called ‘harbourers’, with hounds trained for the purpose, called ‘tufters’, undertake the task.
1868 Daily News 2 Sept. The tufters..soon roused two fine stags.
1884 R. Jefferies Red Deer iii When the tufters enter the woods—that is, the hounds detached from the pack to force the deer to break cover.
Draft additions 1993
[ < tuft v. + -er suffix1.] 2. A person or machine that tufts mattresses, carpets, etc.; a manufacturer of tufted carpets.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of furniture or furnishings > [noun] > one performing other specific processes
stuffer1611
tufter1916
1916 Davison's Fibre Mattress Directory 21 Eagle Bedding Co.,..2 Pickers. 2 Fillers. 4 Tufters.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §502 Tufter: stitches through mattresses, after they have been stuffed..to keep stuffing in position.
1948 Davison's Mattress Directory 4 (advt.) Button Tufter will also tie single tape at both ends. Cotton Tufter saves 35% on twine.
1968 Economist 14 Dec. 64/3 Traditional weavers, who are strong in Britain, have improved their marketing... The tufters have hit back by trying to get longer runs, making their carpets even cheaper, and producing more patterned carpets.
1990 Institutional Investor Mar. 51 The finished carpet was..the product of several different companies: fiber makers, weavers, spinners, tufters, and dyers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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