rutter

Meaning

Noun

• A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
• A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide.
• A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.
• A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh.
• The penis.

Origin

• From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier ("mercenary soldier"), corresponding to rout + -ier.
• From Middle French routier, corresponding to route + -ier.
• From rut + -er.