oxterfu noun a load of something tucked into and carried under the arm: 'When I went oot to the horse she was standin with an oxterfu o hay and she was haudin handfuls tae it [a horse] and it was catchin it fae her and eatin it - oot o her hand.' 18-. etymology: Scots; oxter ‘armpit’ fu ‘full’; attested by DW |