Obs.–0 [Origin and correct form unknown for the second element cf. OE. hléapwince LAPWING.] Some unknown bird.
1570. Levins, Manip., 133. A Butwin, bird, capella.
1678. Phillips (App.), Butt-wine, a sort of bird which some think to be the same which Rider calls Capella avis.
1721–1800. Bailey, Butwink, Butwin, a Bird.
