Fourchette

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A narrow, forked strip of material joining the front and back sections of the fingers of gloves.
  • n. Anatomy A small band or fold of mucous membrane forming the posterior margin of the vulva and connecting the posterior ends of the labia majora.
  • n. Zoology See furcula.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
  • n. A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
  • n. An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
  • n. The wishbone or furculum of birds
  • n. The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A table fork.
  • n.
  • n. A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva.
  • n. The wishbone or furculum of birds.
  • n. The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
  • n. An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frænum.
  • n. The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.
  • n. The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In surgery, an instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the operation of dividing the frenum.
  • n. In glove-making, the side of a finger, to which the front and back portions are sewed. Also forgette.
  • n. In ornithology, the furcula or united clavicles of a bird; the merrythought or wishbone of a fowl.
  • n. In anatomy, the frenulum pudendi; the small thin fold just within the posterior commissure of the vulva, separated therefrom by the fossa navicularis, and commonly ruptured in first parturition.
  • n. The combination in one hand of the cards immediately above and below the one led, such as queen and 10 over a jack.
    • Word Usage
    "Penelope; “a déjeûner à la fourchette — we know, Clara, you would die of doing the honours of a formal dinner.”"
    Cross Reference
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