serpette
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /sɜː(ɹ)ˈpɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editserpette (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
edit- 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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editserpette f (plural serpettes)
Descendants
edit- → Portuguese: serpete
Further reading
edit- “serpette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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