† botten.¹

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare botch n.¹

Obsolete. rare.

Apparently: a brand or marking on sheep.

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a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 13 The manner is to give lambes a tarre-marke before they goe to the field, and our usuall way is to give them onely the botte on the farre buttocke, and sometimes to runne the edge of the botte downe the neare liske.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

botten.²

Brit.

/bɒt/, U.S.

/bɑt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French botte.

Etymology: < French botte (in fencing) thrust towards the side (1590 in Middle French) < Italian botta hit (late 13th cent.), attack or thrust in fencing (second half of the 16th cent.) < bottare to hit, to thrust (13th cent.: see button n.). Compare slightly later botte secrète n.Never fully naturalized in English.

Fencing. Now rare and historical.

An attack or thrust, esp. one that is unconventional or unexpected (cf. botte secrète n.).

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1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing vi. 193 Botte in French signifies a Thrust.]

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiv. 326 And I should have beat him, Sir... He never could parry that botte I brought from Cambridge.

1872 Dark Blue May 302 Herbert bethought him of a botte taught him by an Italian fencing-master, and..his sword passed through his opponent's guard, and entered deep into the body.

1921 R. Sabatini Scaramouche (U.S. ed.) iii. i. 234 After the third hit, M. des Amis stepped back and pulled off his mask. ‘What's this?’ he asked... ‘Have you been taught a secret botte?’

1986 I. Hassan Out of Egypt iii. 76 Fencing..hinted at some desperate finality, as if all life hung on a botte or lunge.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	botte
释义	† botten.¹ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare botch n.¹ Obsolete. rare. Apparently: a brand or marking on sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > marking of sheep > mark earmarka1500 raddle-mark?1523 sheep-markc1534 sheep-brand1586 woolmark1603 bottea1642 pitch-mark1649 smota1672 smit1828 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 13 The manner is to give lambes a tarre-marke before they goe to the field, and our usuall way is to give them onely the botte on the farre buttocke, and sometimes to runne the edge of the botte downe the neare liske. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). botten.² Brit. /bɒt/, U.S. /bɑt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French botte. Etymology: < French botte (in fencing) thrust towards the side (1590 in Middle French) < Italian botta hit (late 13th cent.), attack or thrust in fencing (second half of the 16th cent.) < bottare to hit, to thrust (13th cent.: see button n.). Compare slightly later botte secrète n.Never fully naturalized in English. Fencing. Now rare and historical. An attack or thrust, esp. one that is unconventional or unexpected (cf. botte secrète n.). ΚΠ 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing vi. 193 Botte in French signifies a Thrust.] 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiv. 326 And I should have beat him, Sir... He never could parry that botte I brought from Cambridge. 1872 Dark Blue May 302 Herbert bethought him of a botte taught him by an Italian fencing-master, and..his sword passed through his opponent's guard, and entered deep into the body. 1921 R. Sabatini Scaramouche (U.S. ed.) iii. i. 234 After the third hit, M. des Amis stepped back and pulled off his mask. ‘What's this?’ he asked... ‘Have you been taught a secret botte?’ 1986 I. Hassan Out of Egypt iii. 76 Fencing..hinted at some desperate finality, as if all life hung on a botte or lunge. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹a1642n.²1852
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