rustine
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after French cyclist Louis Rustin (1880–1954) + -ine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]rustine f (plural rustines)
- patch (rubber, to repair a bicycle tyre)
- (figurative) stop-gap, workaround
Further reading
[edit]- “rustine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.