abat-chauvée

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French

Etymology

Littré notes that the verb chauver appears in Rabelais; its usual form is chauvir, a verb that only appears In the expression chauvir de l’oreille, ‘to prick up one’s ears’, with reference to an animal.

Noun

abat-chauvée f (plural abat-chauvées)

  1. pulled wool of low quality, generally detached from the animal's skin by a lime treatment

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