espagnolette

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(i spanyə let′, i span′yə let)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
es•pa•gno•lette  (i spanyə let′, i span′yə let),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Architecture(on a French window or the like) one of a pair of rods, controlled by a knob mechanism, having hooked ends that engage catches in the head and sill of the frame.
  2. Furniturea feature, often a bronze mount, set at the top of a leg and having the form of a female breast.
  • Provencal espagnouleto, diminutive of espanhol Spanish
  • French
  • 1865–70


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