culasse

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English

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Etymology

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French, from cul (back).

Noun

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culasse (plural culasses)

  1. The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for culasse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ky.las/
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Noun

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culasse f (plural culasses)

  1. breech, breechblock (of rifle, etc.)
  2. cylinder head (of engine)
    joint de culassecylinder head gasket

Verb

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culasse

  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of culer

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