D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Rother

/rôth'-ẽr/ · Roth·er · IPA /ˈɹɒðə/
01 a. Bovine.
  1. 1.
    Bovine.(Zool.) [Obs.]
Phrases & compounds
Rother beasts — cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle.
Rother soil — the dung of rother beasts.
02 n. A rudder.
  1. 1.
    A rudder.
Phrases & compounds
Rother nail — a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights.