suttle

See also: Suttle

English

Etymology 1

Noun

suttle (plural suttles)

  1. The weight of a commodity shipment after deduction of the weight of the container, before allowance of tret.

Verb

suttle (third-person singular simple present suttles, present participle suttling, simple past and past participle suttled)

  1. To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.

See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

suttle (comparative more suttle, superlative most suttle)

  1. Obsolete form of subtle.

References

  • suttle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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