DCHP-1 Online
butt-end 
1 n. the thickest part of a felled tree or of a log, being that part of the erect tree nearest the roots.
See also: butt ((n.))
- 1832 The great bulk of wood exported is in the shape of huge trees reduced by hewing, until the sides form right angles with each other, and tapering from the but-end to the top, both of which are also cut across at right angles with the sides.
- 1955 The bear sniffed all along the log until he came to the butt end
2 n. Hockey a jab or thrust with the handle end of a hockey stick.
- 1963 Blair told Ted O'Connor to hand No. 11 of the Swedish national team a butt-end.
- 1965 Nobody ever gave you a better butt-end.
- 1832 The great bulk of wood exported is in the shape of huge trees reduced by hewing, until the sides form right angles with each other, and tapering from the but-end to the top, both of which are also cut across at right angles with the sides.