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Noun: fourchette  fûr'shet
  1. A fork-shaped tool or object
    "The surgeon used a fourchette to separate the tissue"
     
  2. A small fold of membrane connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva
     
  3. (card games) the combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card
     
  4. The forked part between fingers in a glove
    "The fourchette of the glove was reinforced for durability"

Derived forms: fourchettes

Encyclopedia: Fourchette