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Definition of shute

Shute
Shute Shute, n. Same as Chute, or Shoot.
shute
Shoot Shoot, n. [F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.] An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.] [U. S.] To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]

Meaning of shute from wikipedia

- Shute may refer to: Shute, Devon, village in East Devon, near Axminster Shute, Mid Devon, a location in Devon, England Shute Harbour, Australia Shute...
- Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 1899 – 12 January 1960) was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used...
- (United States title: The Legacy) is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman...
- The Shute Shield, currently known as the Charter Hall Shute Shield, is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier...
- (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Shute Harbour is a coastal locality and harbour in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland...
- Herman Densmore "Denny" Shute (October 25, 1904 – May 13, 1974) was an American professional golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s. Born...
- William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, PC (15 January 1717 – 1 February 1793), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons...
- of Limerick, also in the Peerage of Ireland, at the same time. Born John Shute, he had ****umed by Act of Parliament the surname of Barrington in lieu of...
- Shute Barrington (26 May 1734 – 25 March 1826) was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff in Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham...
- Cameron Shute as a writer, and her second husband Cameron Dinsdale Deane Shute, for a short period an army officer; the writer Nerina Shute was his elder...