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Webster 1913 Edition


ecorche


Éˊcorˊché′

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Noun.
[F.]
(Fine Arts)
A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.

Definition 2024


écorché

écorché

See also: écorche and êcorche

English

Detail of an écorché (with mummification) of a horse and its rider made by the French anatomist Honoré Fragonard.

Noun

écorché (plural écorchés)

  1. (art) A figure drawn, painted or sculpted so as to show the muscles of the body without skin.
    Leonardo da Vinci produced some famous early écorchés.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ekɔʁʃe/

Verb

écorché m (feminine singular écorchée, masculine plural écorchés, feminine plural écorchées)

  1. past participle of écorcher

Adjective

écorché m (feminine singular écorchée, masculine plural écorchés, feminine plural écorchées)

  1. flayed, skinned
  2. hypersensitive

Noun

écorché m (plural écorchés)

  1. écorché