chenet

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

chenet

from the French 'chien' (dog) and '-et', meaning 'small dog', due to the dog-shaped heads that originally decorated these tools, while the German term is 'feuerbock' meaning 'fire buck'.

Definitions

marine

Plural

chenets

Translations

  • germangerman:Feuerbock
  • englishenglish:andiron
  • spanishspanish:morillo
  • italianitalian:alare

See also

chienner (v.) chien (cn.) chien (adj.) canisette (cn.) canin (adj.) cynique (adj.) cynisme (cn.) chiennetier (cn.) chiennet (cn.)