Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as rutter.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A chart of a course, esp. at sea.

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  • noun obsolete A chart of a course, especially at sea.

Etymologies

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French routier, from route a road. See route.

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  • (noun) - (1) An old traveler acquainted with roads; from route, French routier.

    --Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828

    (2) A set of instructions for finding one's course at sea; a marine guide to the routes, tides, etc.

    --Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1909

    January 14, 2018