eprouvette

See also: Eprouvette, éprouvette, and êprouvette

English

Alternative forms

• epruvette

Etymology

French éprouvette

Noun

eprouvette (plural eprouvettes)

1. A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
   • 2009 June 10, Dwight Garner, “For Those Who Like Danger, the Home Book of Things Not to Try at Home”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     From there, he’s on to making things like fuses, rockets and an eprouvette, or small cannon.