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Middle French
Etymology
Old French eschine.
Noun
eschine f (plural eschines)
- spine
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eschine, supplement)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. More at shin.
Noun
eschine oblique singular, f (oblique plural eschines, nominative singular eschine, nominative plural eschines)
- spine
Descendants
References