morailles

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan moralha, from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), the like source as in morion (“a kind of helmet with no visor”), moraine (“amassment of rocks on a glacier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ʁaj/

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Noun

morailles f pl (plural only)

1. (farriery) barnacle, twitch, a kind of pincers or vise to fix the mouth of a horse to yield the opportunity of surgery

Derived terms

• morailler (“to apply the twitch to”)

Further reading

• “morailles”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.