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‖ chevrette|ʃəvˈrɛt|
[F. chevrette (= Pr. cabreta, It. capretta), dim. of chèvre, L. capra she-goat.]
†1. A machine for raising guns or mortars into their carriages. Obs.
1731–6in Bailey. 1772T. Simes Mil. Guide.
2. A thin kind of goat-skin leather used for gloves.
1884Health Exhib. Catal. 37 Kid and chevrette leather..is prepared in the dressing yards at Grenoble, Fontaine, and Ottignies, near Brussels. The supplies of..chevrette, or young goat skins, for stouter gloves, from Saxony, Bavaria, and Bohemia. 1888The Lady 25 Oct. 378 Tan, chevrette, and silk gloves. |