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; fork, -ette

Example Sentences

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

In Reierstein, at the foot of a romantic ruin,--no picnic is conceivable without a ruin,--a d�je�ner � la fourchette is to be spread in the open air.

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip

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 Cuyer, ?douard

On the 18th September several of the members of the Vega expedition were invited to a déjeûner à la fourchette by Admiral Kawamura, minister of marine.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

By the way, at the top of the daily menu at the Continental Hotel the d�jeuner � la fourchette at 11 A.M. is styled "Lunch."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 by Various