bout
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaʊt/
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Etymology 1
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(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English bught, probably from an unrecorded (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English variant of byht (“a bend”). [1] See bight, bought.
Noun
bout (plural bouts)
- A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant
- a bout of drought.
- (boxing) A boxing match.
- (fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
- (roller derby) A roller derby match.
- A fighting competition.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- (music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
- (dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
- 1809, A Letter to Sir John Sinclair […] containing a Statement of the System under which a considerable Farm is profitably managed in Hertfordshire. Given at the request of the Board. By Thomas Greg, Esq., published in The Farmer's Magazine, page 395:
- The outside bout of each land is ploughed two inches deeper, and from thence the water runs into cross furrows, which are dug with a spade […] I have an instrument of great power, called a scarifier, for this purpose. It is drawn by four horses, and completely prepares the land for the seed at each bout.
- 1922, An Ingenious One-Way Agrimotor, published in The Commercial Motor, volume 34, published by Temple Press, page 32:
- It is in this manner that the ploughs are reversed at the termination of each bout of the field.
- 1976, Claude Culpin, Farm Machinery, page 60:
- The last two rounds must be ploughed shallower, and on the last bout the strip left should be one furrow width for a two-furrow plough, two for a three-furrow, and so on. […]
- 1809, A Letter to Sir John Sinclair […] containing a Statement of the System under which a considerable Farm is profitably managed in Hertfordshire. Given at the request of the Board. By Thomas Greg, Esq., published in The Farmer's Magazine, page 395:
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Verb
bout (third-person singular simple present bouts, present participle bouting, simple past and past participle bouted)
- To contest a bout.
Etymology 2
Written form of a reduction of about.
Preposition
bout
- (colloquial) Aphetic form of about
- They're talking bout you!
- Maddy is bout to get beat up!
References
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz. Compare German Bolzen, West Frisian bout, English bolt, Danish bolt, Icelandic bolti.
Pronunciation
Noun
bout m (plural bouten, diminutive boutje n)
- bolt (threaded metal cylinder)
- 2004, Wim Ravesteijn, Jan H. Kop, Bouwen in de Archipel. Burgerlijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië 1800-2000, page 104.
- Deze werd door speciale bouten verbonden.
- This was secured with special bolts.
- 2004, Wim Ravesteijn, Jan H. Kop, Bouwen in de Archipel. Burgerlijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië 1800-2000, page 104.
- haunch, leg of an animal as food
- 2010, Ilse D'hooge, Het complete Libelle pastaboek.
- Roer regelmatig om alle boutjes gelijkmatig te kleuren.
- Stir regularly to give all haunches an even colour.
- 2010, Ilse D'hooge, Het complete Libelle pastaboek.
- (vulgar) fart
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- bolt (crossbow arrow)
- 1875, Willem Jacob Hofdijk, De oude schutterij in Nederland, page 19.
- Het lichtere esschenhout diende tot pylen of bouten.
- The lighter ash wood was used for arrows or bolts.
- Synonyms: kruisboogbout, schicht
- 1875, Willem Jacob Hofdijk, De oude schutterij in Nederland, page 19.
- (Suriname) thigh
- bar, rod
- (archaic) darling, sweetheart, dear
- Synonyms: lieverd, lieveling, schat, schattebout
- iron (apparatus for ironing clothing)
- 1986, Jan Terlouw, Gevangenis met een open deur, page 21.
- De bout stoomde nog.
- The clothes iron was still steaming.
- Synonyms: strijkbout, strijkijzer
- 1986, Jan Terlouw, Gevangenis met een open deur, page 21.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: baut
See also
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French bout (“a blow”), derivative of bouter (“to strike”), of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin. More at bouter.
Pronunciation
Noun
bout m (plural bouts)
Derived terms
- à bout (“to the limit, without any room for manoeuvre”)
- bon bout
- bout à bout
- bout de doigt
- bout de l’an
- bout de sein
- bout du monde
- bout d’essai
- bout filtre
- brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts (“to burn one's candle at both ends”)
- de bout en bout (“from start to finish, from one end to the other”)
- debout
- jusqu’au bout (“all the way, to the bitter end”)
- mener quelqu’un par le bout du nez
- par le bon bout
- remercier du bout des lèvres
Verb
bout
Further reading
- “bout”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Noun
bout oblique singular, m (oblique plural bouz or boutz, nominative singular bouz or boutz, nominative plural bout)
- end (extremity)
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