butt-endn.2
/ˈbʌtɛnd/, U.S. /ˈbədˌɛnd/ Nautical.
In a vessel: the end of a plank or timber that meets that of another. Cf. butt n.5 1b.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > a plank > end of plank joining next
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c1620 Treat. Shipbuilding (modernized text) in W. Salisbury & R. C. Anderson Treat. Shipbuilding & Treat. Rigging (1958) 7 The stem..is fastened to the fore top of the keel with a strong scarf and hath two large rabbets, on each side thereof one, to receive the butt ends of the planks forward and called the hoodings.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 3 Now all those plankes vnder water..the fore end is called the Butt-end..if one of those ends should spring, or giue way it would be a great troublesome danger to stop such a leake.
1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd 71 The Well-placing of the principal Materials, by giving a suitable Distance of the Butt-ends of some particular Timbers, and Planks, and thick stuff, from each other.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. iii. 24 The sea continued so high, that the ship in rolling opened all her upper works and seams, and started the butt ends of her planking.
1802 Naval Chron. 7 177 A..hoy..sprung a butt end, and foundered.
1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 70 Any place where two outside planks come together are called butt ends.
1918 W. J. Thompson Wooden Shipbuilding i. 84 Touch, the broadest part of a plank worked top and butt, which place is six feet from the butt end; or the middle of a plank worked anchor-stock fashion.
2005 D. Danenberg How to restore Wooden Runabout II. iii. 52/1 Make sure the butt ends are trimmed to fit tightly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
butt-endv.
/ˈbʌtɛnd/, U.S. /ˈbədˌɛnd/ 1. transitive. To strike (a person or animal) with the butt end of a gun or other object.
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1880 Baily's Monthly Mag. Aug. 25 Tom Nero..as a hackney-coachman, butt-ending an unfortunate horse which has fallen down.
1895 Western Mail 30 Mar. 2/3 I was only holding on by his gun, and was holding on with two hands when you butt-ended him.
1897 Daily News 18 June 8/6 They were shot, run through, or butt-ended.
2002 Toronto Star (Nexis) 16 Nov. a23 Linner said he was butt-ended with a rifle, then punched and kicked in the stomach.
2. transitive. Ice Hockey and Lacrosse. To jab (another player) with the handle end of the stick (an act which incurs a major penalty).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > ice hockey > engage in ice hockey [verb (transitive)] > actions
cross-check1896
butt-end1926
deke1961
spear1963
slapshoot1968
high-stick1971
stick1981
1926 N.Y. Times 26 Mar. 16/3 Hooley Smith attempted to butt end Siebert and was chased in the last minutes of the game.
1950 Washington Post 30 Mar. 17/2 Kennedy had butt-ended Howe with his stick.
2003 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 9 Sept. (Sports section) 1 He was butt-ended in the forehead after having his helmet ripped off.
2004 A. Hahn Birth of Dynasty v. 79 Smith had butt-ended Martin in the second period of Game 1.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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