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Noun: rutter  rú-tu(r)
  1. A tool used in peat cutting
    "The peat harvester skilfully wielded the rutter to extract blocks of fuel"
     
  2. [archaic] (historical) a book of sailing directions with charts and descriptions of harbours and coasts
    - portolan, portolano
     
  3. [archaic] A horseman or trooper
    "The rutters rode ahead to scout the terrain"

Derived forms: rutters

Encyclopedia: Rutter, ON