fourchetten.
/ˌfʊəˈʃɛt/, /ˌfɔːˈʃɛt/, U.S. /ˌfʊrˈʃɛt/ 1. A fork; something forked or resembling a fork.
a. Anatomy. (See quot.)
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > other ligaments of trunk
white line1578
Poupart's ligament1742
fourchette1754
rhomboid ligament1820
transverse ligament1840
Fallopian arch1913
the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > vulva > labia > commissure
fourchette1844
1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 93 The Fraenum or Fourchette, which bounds the inferior part of the Fossa magna and os externum.
1844 R. D. Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. (ed. 2) Fourchette..the thin commissure, by which the labia majora of the pudendum unite together.
b. Surgery. A forked instrument formerly used to divide the frænum of the tongue when short ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1885.)
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments used on other specific parts
bronchotome1837
kiotome1842
myotome1846
tenotome1846
syringotome1848
fourchette1854
polypotome1857
tonsillotome1857
tracheotome1857
pile clamp1875
herniotome1876
oesophagotome1884
sclerotome1885
myringotome1895
ovariotome1895
turbinotome1900
viscerotome1934
leucotome1937
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
c. Ornithology. The furcula of a bird.
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the world > animals > birds > bones > [noun] > furcula or wishbone
froshell1486
merrythought1598
craw-bone1611
skipjack1805
furculum1833
fourchette1854
furcula1859
wishbone1860
pulling bone1877
pully-bone1897
skip-bone1901
pull-bonea1903
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
1862 J. Smith Newer Plioc. Geol. 14 A marine deposit, containing the bones of..sea-fowl. Foot-n. The fourchette of a diver.
d. Glove-making. The forked piece between two adjacent fingers of a glove; a forgett. Also in combinations, as fourchette-cutter, fourchette-puncher.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > finger > parts of
forget1681
fourchette1862
1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4942 The Children's [gloves] have an improved fourchette.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 76 Thumb and Fourchette Cutter and Puncher.
1886 Chambers's Jrnl. 226/2 He cut pieces for the thumbs and fourchettes or sides of the fingers—usually pronounced ‘forgets’.
1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 136/1 Fourchette, small forked piece of leather or other material set in between fingers of well-fitted gloves.
2. Cards. (See quots.)
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards
cater-trey?a1500
mournival1530
sequence1575
pair royal1608
septieme1651
tierce1659
pair1674
purtaunte1688
quart major1718
matrimonya1743
queen-suit1744
quart1746
prial1776
flux1798
fredon1798
tricon1798
intrigue1830
straight1841
marriage1861
under-sequence1863
straight five1864
double pair-royal?1870
run?1870
short suit1876
four1883
fourchette1885
meld1887
doubleton1906
canasta1948
1885 R. A. Proctor How to play Whist 241 King and Knave make the fourchette to the Queen led; Queen and ten make the fourchette to the Knave; and so on.
1898 ‘Cavendish’ Princ. Whist (ed. 23) 102 When you have the fourchette it is almost always right to cover.
1906 ‘Cut-Cavendish’ Compl. Bridge Player 131 A fourchette is the combination of cards in one hand immediately above and below the card led, such as knave, nine, sitting over the ten. It applies to the cards of the second player over the leader, and to the cards of the third player over the second.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 18 May 14/1 In the unusual case of holding a hand that is full of fourchettes, the middle heart is the correct opening.
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