riflebutt

English

Noun

riflebutt (plural riflebutts)

1. Alternative form of rifle butt
   • 1961, Theodor Schieder, Documents on the expulsion of the Germans from Eastern-Central-Europe, volume 1, page 262:

     They struck the doors with their riflebutts, and crept past the window with their pocket torches.

   • 1965, Leslie A. Fiedler, Back to China, page 47:

     These he had given to the little girl, over the howled protests of the officers and despite repeated blows from a riflebutt in the small of his back.

   • 2006, W. R. Hammons, Alternity, page 237:

     The surviving defenders were easily finished off with a few riflebutts and bayonets, and Georg's men found themselves in sole possession of the airfield.

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