单词 | built-up butt |
释义 | > as lemmasbuilt-up butt built-up butt n. now rare a concealed stand for shooting grouse or ducks that has a floor at ground level and somewhat higher walls, as contrasted with one that is sunken; butt n.7 6. Π 1894 A. J. Stuart-Wortley in H. A. Macpherson et al. Grouse 163 The writer is all against upright, built-up butts. 1920 Aberdeen Jrnl. 6 Dec. 4/7 In the removal of the iron target frames from the shooting butts there will remain two built-up butts. 1935 Jrnl. United Service Instit. India 65 444 You will be better off lying on your back behind a bunch of grass than you will be in a built-up butt. < as lemmas |
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