vachette

English

Etymology

French vachette

Noun

vachette (plural vachettes)

(veterinary surgery) A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.

Anagrams

chavette

French

Etymology

From vache +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va.ʃɛt/

Noun

vachette f (plural vachettes)

young cow, calf
calfskin
(historical) type of dice game

Further reading

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

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