cribleur

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁi.blœʁ/

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Noun

cribleur m (plural cribleurs, feminine cribleuse)

1. (agriculture, mining) a worker who sifts (grains, minerals, coal) to remove rocks or other unwanted materials; sifter
2. a sifting machine, sifter

Further reading

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