taquet
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Anglo-Norman estaque (compare Old French estache; see attacher) with loss of prefix es- and addition of suffix -et.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taquet m (plural taquets)
- small piece of wood or metal used to maintain or fix something
- Dans ces tiroirs, les dossiers se placent verticalement sur leur tranche la plus large. Des taquets de bois ou de métal maintiennent immobiles les dossiers. (Pethoud, Organ. industr. et comm., 1931)
- cleat
- Un taquet est un dispositif situé sur le navire permettant de bloquer un cordage.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “taquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.