buttrice

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A form of butteris — A cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the farrier's shoulder, used in paring the hoofs of horses.

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Meanings

nounbuttrice (plural buttrices)

plural buttrices

  1. alternativeAlternative form of butteris.

    A buttrice, and pincers, a hammer and nail, And apron, and scissars for head and for tail, Whole bridle and saddle, whitleather, and nall, With collars and harness, for thiller and all.

    1573, Thomas Tusser, “Five Hundreth Pointes of Good Husbandrie”, in William Mavor, editor, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, published 1812, page 10
  2. alternativeAlternative form of buttress.
    1 more example

    c. 1642, Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1609-1642, Westminster Abbey, 2006, Boydell Press, page 173, It is decreed att the same time and place by the subdeane and chapter that sufficient reparation be done upon the east end of the church, videlicet in timber and leade, and coping five buttrices yeerely.

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APA

buttrice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttrice

MLA

“buttrice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttrice. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buttrice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttrice.

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