English

Noun

bout ‎(plural bouts)

1. A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant

   a bout of drought.

2. (boxing) A boxing match.
3. (fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
4. (roller derby) A roller derby match.
5. A fighting competition.
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V

     Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.

6. (music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
7. (dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
   • 1809, A Letter to Sir John Sinclair [...] containing a Statement of the System under which a considerable Farm is profitably managed in Hertfordshire. Given at the request of the Board. By Thomas Greg, Esq., published in The Farmer's Magazine, page 395:

     The outside bout of each land is ploughed two inches deeper, and from thence the water runs into cross furrows, which are dug with a spade [...] I have an instrument of great power, called a scarifier, for this purpose. It is drawn by four horses, and completely prepares the land for the seed at each bout.

   • 1922, An Ingenious One-Way Agrimotor, published in The Commercial Motor, volume 34, published by Temple Press, page 32:

     It is in this manner that the ploughs are reversed at the termination of each bout of the field.

   • 1976, Claude Culpin, Farm Machinery, page 60:

     The last two rounds must be ploughed shallower, and on the last bout the strip left should be one furrow width for a two-furrow plough, two for a three-furrow, and so on. [...]

Translations

Verb

bout ‎(third-person singular simple present bouts, present participle bouting, simple past and past participle bouted)

1. To contest a bout.

Etymology 2

Written form of a reduction of "about".

Preposition

bout

1. (colloquial) about

   they're talking bout you!

   Maddy is bout to get beat up!

References

1. ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bout?s=t

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz. Compare German Bolzen, West Frisian bout, English bolt, Danish bolt, Icelandic bolti.

Noun

bout m ‎(plural bouten, diminutive boutje n)

1. bolt
2. leg of an animal as food
3. (vulgar) fart

Synonyms

• poot
• scheet
• ruft

Related terms

• moer
• schroef

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French bout ‎(“a blow”), derivative of bouter ‎(“to strike”), of Germanic origin. More at bouter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu/; IPA^(key): /but/ (nautical term)
• Rhymes: -u
• Homophones: boue, bous

Noun

bout m ‎(plural bouts)

1. end, extremity, tip (of a physical object)
2. bit, piece, scrap
3. (nautical) rope

Derived terms

Verb

bout

1. third-person singular present indicative of bouillir

Old French

Noun

bout m ‎(oblique plural bouz or boutz, nominative singular bouz or boutz, nominative plural bout)

1. end (extremity)