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bouter

Pronunciation: /bu.te/

“bouter” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to push
  2. to remove flesh from the skin of an animal
  3. to pin, to nail

In French

  1. Mettre, pousser.
  2. (Vieilli, encore courant en Suisse romande et en Belgique) bouter le feu: Mettre le feu.
  3. Ôter la chair d’une peau, nettoyer avec le boutoir.
  4. Piquer les épingles sur un support.
  5. Pousser.
  6. Pousser au gras, pour un vin.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bautan, *bōtan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”). Cognate with Old High German bōzzan (“to beat”), Dutch boten (“to knock, hit”), Old English bēatan (“to thrash, beat”), Old Norse bauta (“to beat”). Compare also Spanish botar (“to bounce”), Italian…

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