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Definition of Butt shaft
1. Noun. A blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice.
Literary usage of Butt shaft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... tti'tlr,-'- BUTT-SHAFT. A kind of arrow, used tor shooting at butts ; formed
without a barb, so HS to stick into the butts, and yet be easily extracted. ..."
2. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare, William Aldis Wright (1894)
"Cupid's weapon was the butt-shaft or bird-bolt, as we learn from Love's ...
181 : ' Cupid's butt-shaft is too hard for Hercules' club'; and again, iv. 3. ..."
3. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare (1905)
"Cupid's weapon was the butt-shaft or bird-bolt, as we learn from Love's ...
181 : ' Cupid's butt-shaft is too hard for Hercules' club'; and again, iv. 3. ..."
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