robinet
See also: Robinet
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom robin.
Noun
editrobinet (plural robinets)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editrobinet (plural robinets)
- (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.
Etymology 3
editNoun
editrobinet (plural robinets)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “robinet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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editFrench
editEtymology
editDiminutive form of robin (“sheep”), because early taps were often in the shape of a sheep's head.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrobinet m (plural robinets)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “robinet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Noun
editrobinet n (plural robinete)
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