ox-butt

English

Etymology

ox +‎ butt (“cart”)

Noun

ox-butt (plural ox-butts)

  1. (West Country, obsolete) An ox-drawn cart.
    • 1817, Gilbert, Charles Sandoe, An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall‎, page 352:
      The ox-butt has been long established in Cornwall, and is a kind of cart drawn by oxen in yokes.
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