garcette

English

Noun

garcette (plural garcettes)

(historical) A French women's hairstyle from the 16th century where the hair was pulled back over the forehead.
(historical) A whip made of braided rope.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French garcette (“gasket”), from Old French garce (“young woman”), a feminization of garçon.

Noun

garcette f (plural garcettes)

a gasket

References

“garcette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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