Carriage-building. (See quot.)
1794. W. Felton, Carriages (1801), I. 48. At the two ends of this timber are left projections, called cuttoos, which cover the top or back end of the wheels, to shelter the axle-tree arms from the dirt, which would otherwise get in behind the wheels, and clog them. Ibid., I. 50. The fore axle-tree-bed … has also cuttoos on the ends the same as the hind bed has. Ibid., Gloss., Curtuers or Cuttos.
