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Definition of Butt end
1. Noun. Thick end of the handle.
Literary usage of Butt end
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"These openings were for the purpose of cooling the metal in the butt end of the
retort, thereby diminishing the ebullition at this point and giving a ..."
2. Lumber: Its Manufacture and Distribution by Ralph Clement Bryant (1922)
"Those who advocate sawing the butt-end first claim that the saw is less liable
to pinch; that the slabs can be handled more easily over the rollers; ..."
3. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"... or for railroad timbers, etc : Wrights as an invariable, fact, that mill posts,
set butt end up more than doubly outlast those set top end up. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"by a spring in the butt-end of the stock. The«• x feature about this celebrated
gun is its weij'rt, 1! Ibs., or 33 per cent, heavier than the ..."
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