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

Genoa, November 13.—Breakfast à la fourchette excellently and cheaply.

From Italian Journeys by William Dean Howells

This fatiguing work being at last finished, I returned to the house, where I took a good déjeuner à la fourchette in company with the priest, and then set out with my black guide.

From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Ida Pfeiffer

We made our first halt at Auxerre, when a déjeûner à la fourchette was served up to the travellers in the diligence.

From Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay by Miss Emma Roberts

Do me the honour, Señor," said be, "to partake of a slight dejeuner-à-la fourchette in the cabin.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 by Various