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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

山羊革

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yagigawa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Chevrette/ʃəˈvɹɛt/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #85000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その古い本は山羊革で製本されている。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Leather made from sheepskin or goat skin that has been dressed and dyed, often used in bookbinding.

    "The rare eighteenth-century volume was bound in fine red chevrette."
  2. 2

    A small crane or lifting machine historically used in construction or artillery.

    "The engineers deployed a chevrette to maneuver the heavy timber beam into place."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French word 'chevrette', meaning 'little goat', originating from Vulgar Latin *capricitta, a diminutive of Latin capra (she-goat). In English, it was adopted historically as a technical term referring to leather made from sheepskin or goatskin, or to specific mechanical devices.

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