serrature

English

Etymology

From Latin serratura (“a sawing”).

Noun

serrature (plural serratures)

1. A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything.
   • 1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany:

     When a serrate leaf has small serratures upon the large ones, it is said to be Doubly-serrate

2. One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.

References

• “serrature”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• treasurer

Italian

Noun

serrature f

1. plural of serratura

Latin

Participle

serrātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of serrātūrus