rutter

plural rutters

1. historicalA horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.First known use 16th c.

   Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver

   c. 1611, John Fletcher, The Woman's Prize, Act I, scene iv

plural rutters

1. historicalA set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide.First known use 16th c.

   But a rutter was only as good as the pilot who wrote it, the scribe who hand-copied it, the very rare printer who printed it, or the scholar who translated it.

   1975, James Clavell, Shōgun, Random House, published 2009, page 13

plural rutters

1. ScotlandA tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.First known use 18th c.
2. CanadaUShistoricalA type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh.First known use 19th c.
3. slangThe penis.

   She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep.

   2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 321

1. A surname.
2. A community in French River municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.