chevrette

[ shuh-vret ]

/ ʃəˈvrɛt /

a soft, thin kidskin.

Origin of chevrette

1725–35; < French: she-kid, equivalent to chèvre goat (see chevon) + -ette -ette

I had had so many flying about my ears the night we took the Chevrette that I had got quite accustomed to them.

Marmaduke Merry |William H. G. Kingston
M. D'Epinay, wishing to add a wing which was wanting to the chateau of the Chevrette, was at an immense expense in completing it.

The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete |Jean Jacques Rousseau
They remained together for about two years, and after her return to Paris she reopened her salon of "La Chevrette."

Women of Modern France (Illustrated) |Hugo Paul Thieme (1870-1940)
This however existed even at the Chevrette, and in the mind of M. d'Epinay himself.

The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete |Jean Jacques Rousseau

The park or garden of Montmorency is not a plain, like that of the Chevrette.

The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete |Jean Jacques Rousseau

chevrette

/ (ʃəˈvrɛt) /

the skin of a young goat

the leather made from this skin

C18: from French: kid, from chèvre goat, from Latin capra