different between rutted vs rutter

English

Etymology

From rut +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t?d/

Verb

rutted

1. simple past tense and past participle of rut

Adjective

rutted (comparative more rutted, superlative most rutted)

1. (of a road etc) Marked or grooved with ruts.
   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 413:

     It was as much as part of her days as stale bread and the blisters on her toes after a long day of walking the hard, rutted road.

Anagrams

• utter'd

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???d??/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to rout +? -ier.

Noun

rutter (plural rutters)

1. (historical) A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. [from 16th c.]
   • c. 1611, John Fletcher, “The Woman's Prize”, Act I, scene iv:

     Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver

Etymology 2

From Middle French routier, corresponding to route +? -ier.

Noun

rutter (plural rutters)

1. (historical) A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide. [from 16th c.]
   • 1975, James Clavell, Sh?gun, Random House 2009, p. 13:

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

Translations

Etymology 3

From rut +? -er.

Noun

rutter (plural rutters)

1. (now chiefly Scotland) A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground. [from 18th c.]
2. (Canada, US, now historical) A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh. [from 19th c.]
3. (slang) The penis.
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 321:

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

Translations

See also

• Rut

Anagrams

• turret

Swedish

Noun

rutter

1. indefinite plural of rutt