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

Notice that two of the fingers have only one fourchette, while the others have two fourchettes each.

From Makers of Many Things by Tappan, Eva March

It served me for a second meal, a breakfast; but at this déjeuner sans fourchette I picked the bones.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne

We were invited to a déjeûner à la fourchette, at one o'clock P.M. on the 11th September, at the Imperial summer palace Hamagoten, 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

A long morning at the Louvre prevented my reaching home till one p.m., when the déjeuner à la fourchette was half way through its course.

From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine