hurter

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/ === Etymology 1 === From hurt +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== hurter (plural hurters) One who hurts or does harm. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle English hurtour, from Middle French hurtoir (modern French heurtoir); equivalent to hurt +‎ -or. ==== Noun ==== hurter (plural hurters) A beam on a gun-platform that prevents damage from the wheels of a gun-carriage. == Old French == === Etymology === Frankish *hurton, from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną (“to fall, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *krew- (“to fall, beat, smash, strike, break”). === Verb === hurter to crash into; to clatter into ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== French: heurter === Further reading === “heurter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012