Butt-plate
a protective plate on the butt end of a gunstock, usually of metal.
Historical Examples
Murder in the Gunroom Henry Beam Piper
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Leander Stillwell
noun
a plate made usually of metal and attached to the butt end of a gunstock
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- Butt-shaft
a blunt or barbless arrow. noun a blunt-headed unbarbed arrow
- Buttstock
the part of the stock located behind the breech mechanism of a firearm.
- Butt-strap
(in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together. to unite with a buttstrap or buttstraps.
- Buttstrap
(in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together. to unite with a buttstrap or buttstraps.
- Butt-stroke
a blow struck with the butt of a rifle, as in close combat.