bêche
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bêche
1850–55; < French: spade
Example Sentences
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We illustrate here such a stamp and another which is semi tête bêche, i.e., turned half around instead of being entirely inverted.
From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by Luff, John N.
They are also very frequently employed in the bêche de mer or trepang fisheries among the islands to the south.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
The slaves are employed in a variety of ways, as in trading prahus, in the pearl and bêche de met fisheries, and in the search after the edible birds' nests.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
The triangular stamps of the Cape of Good Hope and New Foundland are so arranged in the plate that half of them are tête bêche to the other half.
From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by Luff, John N.
These articles of commerce are not so much attended to at the present time, and the bêche de mer and tortoise-shell, formerly brought hither, are now carried to other places.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
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