binette
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Binette
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]binette (plural binettes)
- A kind of French hoe.
- 1869, William Robinson, The parks, promenades & gardens of Paris described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities and of public and private gardens, page 568:
- THE BINETTE. — This is a handy implement that I think would prove more useful for stirring the earth between crops than anything we employ. It serves as a draw hoe, and the forked portion is very efficient in loosening hard ground.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]binette f (plural binettes)
- hoe (agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]binette f (plural binettes)
Further reading
[edit]- “binette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms suffixed with -ette
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French informal terms
- fr:Internet
- Quebec French
- fr:Tools