andouiller

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French andoillee, antoillier. Cognate of English antler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.du.je/

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Noun

andouiller m (plural andouillers)

1. (hunting) tine (a small horn that grows in the antlers of a deer, buck, or roe deer)

   Synonyms: cor, bois

Hyponyms

• chevillure (“trez tine, tray tine”)
• trochure (“royal tine”)

Derived terms

• andouiller d’œil (“brow tine”)
• andouiller de massacre (“brow tine”)
• andouiller de fer (“bez tine, bay tine”)
• sur-andouiller, surandouiller (“bez tine, bay tine”)

Further reading

• “andouiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.