Fourchette Definition

fo͝or-shĕt
noun
The side strip of a finger in a glove.
Webster's New World
A small fold of skin at the posterior end of the vulva.
Webster's New World

(surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.

Wiktionary
Wiktionary

The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Fourchette

Noun

Singular:
fourchette
Plural:
fourchettes

Origin of Fourchette

  • French from Old French forchete fork diminutive of forche pitchfork from Latin furca

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French fourchette.

    From Wiktionary

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