tranchet

[ trahn-shey; French trahn-she ]

noun

, Archaeology.

, plural tran·chets [trahn-, sheyz, t, r, ah, n, -, she].

1. a stone implement with a horizontal, chisel-like cutting edge, found at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in macrolithic form, used as an adze, and in microlithic form, often mounted as the cutting head of an arrow. Compare macrolith, microlith.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tranchet¹

From French, equivalent to tranch(er) “to cut” ( trench ) + -et -et