garde-fou

French

Etymology

From garde +‎ fou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.d(ə).fu/

Noun

garde-fou m (plural garde-fous)

1. parapet
2. safeguard, guardrail

Further reading

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