chevrette

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, diminutive of chèvre goat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin capra. Compare chevron.

Noun

chevrette (plural chevrettes)

  1. (military, historical) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 chevrette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)


French

Etymology

From chèvre +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

Noun

chevrette f (plural chevrettes)

  1. kid (young goat)
  2. doe
  3. (Louisiana, Cajun) shrimp

Synonyms

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