sellettecommon nounSyllable DecompositionselletteEtymologyexpandfrom selle (saddle) and -ette (diminutive)Definitions1. A small, very low wooden seat on which an accused person was made to sit when being interrogated for trial, and whose conclusions of the public prosecutor tended towards an afflictive punishment.expandMettre un accusé sur la sellette ; le tenir longtemps sur la sellette.Elle se trouvait blessée d'être mise sur la sellette par ce juge, quand elle se proposait d'en pervertir le jugement }}2. A small seat attached to the rungs of a ladder or supported by ropes, on which painters and façade workers sit in the absence of scaffolding.expand3. A piece of a draft horse's harness, in the shape of a small saddle, which is placed on the horse's back and supports the straps to which the shafts are attached.expand4. A small sculptor's seat.sculptureexpand5. The part of an old plow on which the tongue rested.expand6. The platform on which the front of a semi-trailer hitched to a road tractor rests.expand7. The seat-harness assembly of a paraglider pilot, to which the glider lines, and possibly a reserve parachute or flight instruments, are attached. It is usually equipped with a mousse-bag or an inflatable bag for landing.expand8. A rounded wooden piece, similar to a strut, which, by attaching to the main shaft of a machine, serves with two ties to hold the swivel gun.flags.vieilliexpandPluralsellettesSee alsoselle (cn.) seller (v.) sellier (cn.) sellage (cn.)