chevrette

From French chevrette, diminutive of chèvre (“goat”). Compare chevron.

chevrette (plural chevrettes)

1. (military, historical) A machine for raising guns (such as a howitzer) or mortar into their carriages.

• “chevrette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From chèvre +‎ -ette.

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.vʁɛt/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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chevrette f (plural chevrettes)

1. kid (young goat)
2. doe
3. (Louisiana, Cajun) shrimp

   Synonym: crevette

• “chevrette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.