andouiller

French

Etymology

From Old French andoillee, antoillier. Cognate of English antler.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.du.je/

Noun

andouiller m (plural andouillers)

(hunting) tine (a small horn that grows in the antlers of a deer, buck, or roe deer)

Synonyms

cor

Hyponyms

chevillure (“trez tine, tray tine”)
trochure (“royal tine”)

Derived terms

andouiller d’œil (“brow tine”)
andouiller de massacre (“brow tine”)
andouiller de fer (“bez tine, bay tine”)
sur-andouiller, surandouiller (“bez tine, bay tine”)

References

“andouiller” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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