单词 | butteresse |
释义 | † butteressen. Obsolete. A unit of capacity used for coal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > measure of coal ruck1295 butteresse1632 room1798 1632 in W. Page Victoria Hist. County of Warwick (1908) II. 222/2 Above six shillings the Butteresse, which is four shillings six pence the three-quarters, beinge the ordinary load which moste do carry away. 1635 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons Introd. 73 28 butteris of pitt coales brought by the waynes at 6s. 4d. the butteresse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1632 |
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