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vachette

vachette 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.

Noun

vachette (plural vachettes)

  1. 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.

Forms of vachette

pluralvachettes

Origin of vachette

From French vachette.

Questions about vachette

What does vachette mean?
Vachette means 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.
What part of speech is vachette?
Vachette is a noun.
What is the plural of vachette?
The plural of vachette is vachettes.

Words near vachette in the dictionary

  1. vacherin glacé
  2. vacherins
  3. vacherins glacés
  4. vachers
  5. vachery
  6. vachette
  7. vachettes
  8. Vachon
  9. vacillancies
  10. vacillancy
  11. vacillant

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