serpette

English

Etymology

French serpette

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɜː(ɹ)ˈpɛt/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

serpette (plural serpettes)

A pruning knife with a curved blade.
- 2008, Henry Vizetelly, Facts about Champagne and Other Sparkling Wine (Illustrated Edition), page 32:
  Everywhere the vintagers are busy detaching the grapes with their little hook-shaped serpettes […]

References

Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Serpette”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From serpe +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.pɛt/
Audio (file)

Noun

serpette f (plural serpettes)

billhook

Descendants

→ Portuguese: serpete

Further reading

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

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