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vachettes

vachettes is the plural of vachette.

Meaning of vachette

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.

Questions about vachettes

What is vachettes the plural of?
Vachettes is the plural of vachette.

Words near vachettes in the dictionary

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

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