skirter

British

/ ˈskɜːtə /

noun

a man who skirts fleeces See skirt

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Skirter.—A hound which is wide of the pack, or a man riding wide of the hounds, is called a skirter.

From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by J. S. (John Solomon) Rarey

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