coue
See also: Coué
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
coue f (plural coues)
Related terms edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun edit
coue f (plural coues)
- (Jersey, anatomy) tail
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 510:
- Ch'est la coue qui est la pière à écorchier.
- It is the tail that is the hardest to flay.
- (Jersey) timothy
Derived terms edit
- assiette dé la coue f (“setting of tail”)
- blianche-coue f (“wheatear”)
- câsaque à coue d'héthonde f (“tailcoat”)
- coue dé r'nard f (“common spotted orchid”)
- coue d'ponîn f (“ponytail”)
- coue d'rat f (“horsetail”)
- craûlant-coue m (“wagtail”)
- crîn d'la coue m (“switch”)