Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Butteris

Butteris ({not transcribed}) , noun

[The same word as buttress, noun, in a different application, French bouter to push.]

(Farriery) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.