fourchette

[ foo r-shet ]
/ fʊərˈʃɛt /

noun

Anatomy. the fold of skin that forms the posterior margin of the vulva.
Ornithology. furcula; wishbone.
Zoology. the frog of an animal's foot.
a strip of leather or fabric joining the front and back sections of a glove finger.
Chiefly Bridge. a tenace.

Origin of fourchette

1745–55; < French, diminutive of fourche; see fork, -ette

Words nearby fourchette

four-wheel drive, four-wheeler, four-wheeling, fourbagger, fourball, fourchette, fourché, fourdrinier, fourflusher, fourfold, fourfold block

Example sentences from the Web for fourchette

  • Notice that two of the fingers have only one fourchette, while the others have two fourchettes each.

    Makers of Many Things |Eva March Tappan

  • You still have in your hand what is vulgarly called the "fourchette," or alternate cards, to win the game with.

    The Sharper Detected and Exposed |Jean-Eugne Robert-Houdin

  • We had wintered up on the Fourchette, and the Assinaboines had raised our cache.

    Then and Now |Robert Vaughn

British Dictionary definitions for fourchette

fourchette
/ (fʊəˈʃɛt) /

noun

anatomy the bandlike fold of skin, about one inch from the anus, forming the posterior margin of the vulva
a less common name for furcula, frog 3

Word Origin for fourchette

C18: from French: a little fork, from Old French forche , from Latin furca fork

Medical definitions for fourchette

fourchette
[ fur-shĕt′ ]

n.

frenulum of pudendal lips