单词 | butt piece |
释义 | butt piecen.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > cut or piece of meat > [noun] > other pieces of meat breastleta1571 butt piece1750 blanket-piece1851 subprimal1970 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. ΘΚΠ 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 budget1816 butt piece1847 butt-sheath1848 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). < n.1750 |
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