culasse

English

Etymology

French, from cul back.

Noun

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kylas/

Noun

culasse f (plural culasses)

1. breech, breechblock (of rifle etc.)
2. cylinder head (of engine)

Verb

culasse

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of culer

Anagrams

• casuels

External links

• "culasse" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).