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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French carcois, carquais, from earlier tarchais, tarquait, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تِرْكَاش (tirkāš), from Persian تیرکش (tirkaš), ترکش (tarkaš, tarkeš, from تیر (tir, “arrow”) + کش (kaš, “container”)).
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Noun
carquois m (plural carquois)
- quiver (for arrows)
1892, Maurice Maeterlinck, Pelléas et Mélisande:GOLAUD : C’est sans le vouloir ; voyons, ne pleure plus, je te donnerai quelque chose demain…
YNIOLD : Quoi, petit-père ?
GOLAUD : Un carquois et des flèches ; mais dis-moi ce que tu sais au sujet de la porte.- GOLAUD : It's without wanting it; let's see, don't cry any more, I'll give you something tomorrow…
YNIOLD : What, grandfather?
GOLAUD : A quiver and arrows; but tell me what you know about the door
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