plouter

Etymology

Probably from plout + -er.

verb

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) To splash around in something wet; to dabble.
2. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) To potter.
   So one night after they had all had supper in the kitchen and old Sinclair had gone pleitering out to the byres, old Mistress Sinclair had up and nodded to Kirsty […]. 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 21
   There's certainly a small boat that people plouter about in. 1986, Michael Innes, Appleby & Ospreys

noun

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) The act of ploutering, or splashing about.