schutten

From Middle Dutch schutten, from Old Dutch *skutten, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”). Cognate with English shut.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxʏtə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ʏtən

schutten

1. (transitive) to stop, to hold back

   Synonym: tegenhouden

2. (transitive) to protect, to cover

   Synonym: beschutten

3. (transitive, nautical) to let pass through a sluice/lock

• Afrikaans: skut
• → Papiamentu: schut (dated)

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.