About The Word Fourchette
Learn about the word Fourchette to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Fourchette definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Fourchette
| Fourchette Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Fourchette?Synonyms | Synonyms for Fourchette: Related Terms | Find terms related to Fourchette: See Also | Fourchette In Webster's Dictionary \Four`chette"\ (f[=oo]r`sh[e^]t"), n. [F., dim. of
fourche. See {Fork}.]
1. A table fork.
2. (Anat.)
(a) A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the
posterior part of the vulva.
(b) The wishbone or furculum of birds.
(c) The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
3. (Surg.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue
during the cutting of the fr[ae]num.
4. (Glove Making) The forked piece between two adjacent
fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.
--Knight.
\Four`chette"\, n. (Card Playing) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Petaurista petaurista ‐ East Indian…
- Wallace stevens ‐ United States poet…
- Crosstie ‐ one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;…
- Whitish ‐ tending toward white [adj] resembling milk in color or cloudiness;…
- Lepista irina ‐ an edible agaric with large silky white caps and…
- Ponka ‐ the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca people [n] a member of…
- Moss green ‐ of a moderate somewhat dull…
- Navy base ‐ base of operations for a…
- Mary ii ‐ Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest…
- Monopolization ‐ domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion…