dial. (See quots.)
1796. Marshall, W. England, I. Gloss. (E. D. S.), 324. Butt, a close-bodied cart; as dung-butt, or wheel cart; gurry butt, or sledge cart; ox butt; horse butt. Butt load, about six seams.
1807. Vancouver, Agric. Devon (1813), 125. One horse carts, or butts, are also generally made use of.
1875. Blackmore, C. Vaughan, xiii. (ed. 3), 44. A vehicle called a ‘butt’ … a short and rudely made cart.
1880. Miss Courtney, West Cornw. Gloss. (E. D. S.), Butt, a heavy, two-wheeled cart, with timber and yoked oxen.
