polissoir
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French polissoir.
Noun[edit]
polissoir (plural polissoirs)
- A groove found carved into rock, once used to polish stone axes.
- An implement or instrument for polishing or grinding.
- A tool consisting of a flat wooden block with a long iron handle, used for flattening out split cylinders of blown glass.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
polissoir m (plural polissoirs)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “polissoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.