bouter

to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an animal; to pin, to nail

Inherited from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bautan, *bōtan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”). Cognate with Old High German bōzzan (“to beat”), Dutch boten (“to knock, hit”), Old English bēatan (“to thrash, beat”), Old Norse bauta (“to beat”). Compare also Spanish botar (“to bounce”), Italian buttare. More at beat.