scut
Scut (noun) means a hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt.
Etymology
From Middle English scut (“hare”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Middle English scut, scute (“short”), possibly from Old French escorter, escurter, or Latin excurtāre, scurtāre, from curtō (“to cut short, shorten”), from curtus (“short; shortened”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + -ō. A derivation from Old Norse skut, skutr (“stern of a boat”), or Icelandic skott (“animal's tail”) is thought to be unlikely. As to sense 3 (“the female pudenda, the vulva”), see the letter of 5 June 1875 from Joseph Crosby to Joseph Parker Norris published in One Touch of Shakespeare (1986).
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What is the meaning of scut?
"scut" (noun) means a hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt.
What are the different meanings of scut?
"scut" has 3 main meanings: 1. A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt; 2. A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer; 3. The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva.