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FOURCHETTE
1. A table fork.
2. A littlefold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva. The wishbone or furculum of birds.
The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
3. An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.
4. The forkedpiece between twoadjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.
Origin: F, dim. Of fourche. See Fork.
Source: Websters Vocabulary