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chevrette

chevrette noun: a machine for raising guns (such as a howitzer) or mortar into their carriages.

Noun

chevrette (plural chevrettes)

  1. (historical) A machine for raising guns (such as a howitzer) or mortar into their carriages.

chevrette meaning in Tamil

chevrette in Tamil

அங்கோராக் கம்பளி

Forms of chevrette

pluralchevrettes

Origin of chevrette

From French chevrette, diminutive of chèvre (“goat”). Compare chevron.

Questions about chevrette

What does chevrette mean?
Chevrette means a machine for raising guns (such as a howitzer) or mortar into their carriages.
What is chevrette in Tamil?
Chevrette in Tamil is அங்கோராக் கம்பளி. See Chevrette meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chevrette?
Chevrette is a noun.
What is the plural of chevrette?
The plural of chevrette is chevrettes.

Words near chevrette in the dictionary

  1. Chevrel cluster
  2. Chevrel clusters
  3. Chevrel phase
  4. Chevrel phases
  5. chevres
  6. chevrette
  7. chevrettes
  8. chevreuil
  9. chevreuils
  10. Chevreulian
  11. Chevreuse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chevrette (page history and authors); chevrette (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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