eprouvette

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See also: Eprouvette, éprouvette, and êprouvette

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French éprouvette

Noun

eprouvette (plural eprouvettes)

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  1. A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
    • 2009 June 10, Dwight Garner, “For Those Who Like Danger, the Home Book of Things Not to Try at Home”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      From there, he’s on to making things like fuses, rockets and an eprouvette, or small cannon.
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