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单词 butt piece
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butt piecen.

Brit. /ˈbʌt piːs/, U.S. /ˈbət ˌpis/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butt n.6, piece n.
Etymology: < butt n.6 + piece n.
1. A piece of meat from the buttock of an animal. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > cut or piece of meat > [noun] > other pieces of meat
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1750 W. Ellis Country Housewife's Family Compan. 68 The Hertfordshire Way of roasting Joints of Pork.—Some roast, or bake, or boil the Butt or Gammon Part of a Porker; if the Butt Piece is roasted, some stuff it with Suet chopt very small.
2. A piece attached to or comprising the butt of a weapon or tool, esp. a fishing rod.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > gun-case or sling > for mounted soldier's gun
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1847 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Compan. 49 The material in general used for the butt-piece both of the salmon and trouting-rod, is ash.
1901 W. Ridgeway Early Age of Greece I. v. 433 Bronze butt-pieces for spears were found in a tomb at Corneto.
2000 Times 25 Nov. 14/3 He reaches down a recently completed rod and turns the glittering butt-piece slowly over and over in his hands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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