rutter

CEFRB2

/ˈɹʌtə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A guide or book giving directions for sea travel.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide.

Examples

  • A rutter is an old book containing various sailing directions.

  • The rutter provided the navigator with the needed information.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹədəɹ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.

  2. A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.

  3. The penis.

More examples

In context

  • The ship captain consulted an old rutter to navigate the coast.

  • Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver

  • But a rutter was only as good as the pilot who wrote it, the scribe who hand-copied it, the very rare printer who printed it, or the scholar who translated it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to route + ier; see rout.