butting

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

butting

  1. present participle and gerund of butt

Noun

butting (plural buttings)

  1. An abuttal; a boundary.
    • 1709, William Beveridge, The Being, Love, and Other Attributes of God:
      Without buttings or boundings on any side.

Etymology 2

Verb

butting

  1. present participle and gerund of but

Noun

butting (plural buttings)

  1. The act of delivering a butt with the head.
    • 1841, Joseph Hewlett, ‎Theodore Edward Hook, The Parish Clerk (volume 1, page 59)
      […] when they grew up to adolescent muttonhood, it required all the prowess and interference of the papa sheep to prevent them from breaking each other's skulls by their constant tiltings and buttings.
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