pas-d'âne
noun
päˈdän
plural pas-d'âne
: a ring-shaped guard on each side of the blade in rapiers of the 16th and 17th centuries
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, ass's step
- burning index
- burning mountain
- burning nettle
- burning off
- burning oil
- burning one's ears
- burning out
- burning point
- burning through
- burning time
- burning torch
- burning up
- burning-wood
- burningly
- burnings
- burnish
- burnished
- burnished gold
- burnished straw
- burnisher
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- burnishing
- burnishing die
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