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Webster 1913 Edition


Serpette


Ser-pette′

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Noun.
[F.]
A pruning knife with a curved blade.
Knight.

Definition 2024


serpette

serpette

English

Noun

serpette (plural serpettes)

  1. A pruning knife with a curved blade.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
    • 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 []

French

Etymology

serpe + -ette

Noun

serpette f (plural serpettes)

  1. billhook