单词 | fourchette |
释义 | fourchetten. 1. A fork; something forked or resembling a fork. a. Anatomy. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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