tranchet

[trahn-shey, trahn-she]

noun

Archaeology.

plural

tranchets 

1. a stone implement with a horizontal, chisel-like cutting edge, found at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in macrolithic form, used as an adze, and in microlithic form, often mounted as the cutting head of an arrow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tranchet¹

From French, equivalent to tranch(er) “to cut” ( trench ) + -et -et

Example Sentences

Bourges and Thuillier being the physicians, and Tranchet and Meri the surgeons, who declared that after due and careful examination they had found no defect which could hinder generation.

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