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sauterelles

sauterelles is the plural of sauterelle.

Meaning of sauterelle

Noun

sauterelle (plural sauterelles)

  1. An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.
  2. A type of crossbow for throwing hand grenades or small bombs into enemy trenches, used by the French and British soldiers on the Western Front during World War I.

Questions about sauterelles

What is sauterelles the plural of?
Sauterelles is the plural of sauterelle.

Words near sauterelles in the dictionary

  1. sautees
  2. sauteing
  3. sauter
  4. sautered
  5. sauterelle
  6. sauterelles
  7. sautering
  8. sauterne
  9. sauternes
  10. sauters
  11. sautes de basque

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sauterelles (page history and authors); sauterelle (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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