grasscutter
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editgrasscutter (plural grasscutters)
- The cane rat.
- (baseball, cricket) Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”)
Etymology 2
editPerhaps a corruption of Hindi घासखाटा (ghāskhāṭā, literally “cutter of grass”) or Hindi घासखोदा (ghāskhodā, literally “digger of grass”). From घास (ghās, “grass”) and काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”) or खोदना (khodnā, “to dig”)
Noun
editgrasscutter (plural grasscutters)
- (British India) A native employed in India to bring grass for horses.
References
edit- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “grasscutter”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].