'Scut' definitions:
Definition of 'scut'
(from WordNet)
noun
A short erect tail
Definition of 'Scut'
From: GCIDE
- Scut \Scut\, n. [Cf. Icel. skott a fox's tail. [root] 159.] [Obs.] The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, esp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. "He ran like a scut." --Skelton. [1913 Webster]
- How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, whereas that part in others attains no higher than a scut. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- My doe with the black scut. --Shak. [1913 Webster]