SUTTLE

Etymology

Proper noun

Suttle (plural Suttles)

A surname.

Etymology 1

Noun

suttle (plural suttles)

The weight of a commodity shipment after deduction of the weight of the container, before allowance of tret.

Verb

suttle (third-person singular simple present suttles, present participle suttling, simple past and past participle suttled)

To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.

Etymology 2

Adjective

suttle (comparative more suttle, superlative most suttle)

Obsolete form of subtle.

Source: Wiktionary


Sut"tle, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Com.)

Definition: The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed. M

Sut"tle, v. i. Etym: [See Sutler.]

Definition: To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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