ˈthroaterlocal. A throating-knife: see throating vbl.n. d; also, a man who uses this knife in cutting off the heads of fishes. 1846Knickerbocker XXVII. 511 The ‘throater’, the ‘header’, the ‘splitter’ take stations at the speedily-erected table.1891Cent.Dict. cites from New Brunswick.