Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vachette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: va-chette
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.

Etymology

From French vachette.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: vachette

Inflected Forms

vachettes (plural)

Questions

What does vachette mean?: A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.
Where does vachette come from?: It is traced to French.

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