garcette
English edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French garcette (“gasket”), from Old French garce (“young woman”), a feminization of garçon.
Noun edit
garcette f (plural garcettes)
- a gasket
References edit
- “garcette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.