fourchette

American  

[foor-shet] / fʊərˈʃɛt /

noun

1. Anatomy. the fold of skin that forms the posterior margin of the vulva.

2. Ornithology. furcula; wishbone.

3. Zoology. the frog of an animal's foot.

4. a strip of leather or fabric joining the front and back sections of a glove finger.

5. Chiefly Bridge. a tenace.

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fourchette British  

/ fʊəˈʃɛt /

noun

1. anatomy the bandlike fold of skin, about one inch from the anus, forming the posterior margin of the vulva

2. a less common name for furcula frog 3

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Etymology

Origin of fourchette

1745–55; < French, diminutive of fourche; see fork, -ette

Example Sentences

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fourchette

The general has always been a bonne fourchette, but now, in retirement, he eats with gusto, if not abandon, and his weight is a source of anxiety to old friends.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sausage and herb pottage, dishes à la fourchette, and corresponding drams of strong spirit awaited them in the dining-room.

From A Hungarian Nabob by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain

This space corresponds to that which in the neck of man is limited laterally by the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscles, below by the fourchette of the sternum, and above by the hyoid bone.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

Le hasard de la fourchette," replied the student, "is the resort of the vagabond, the gamin, and the chiffonier.

From In the Days of My Youth by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards

My father was a man of bonne fourchette," said Barett Browning to me "he was not very fond of meat, but liked all kinds of Italian dishes, especially with rich sauces.

From Old and New Masters by Robert Lynd