tire-fond

French

Alternative forms

• tirefond

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tirefond. By surface analysis, tire +‎ fond. Possibly influenced by or borrowed from Old Occitan tirafons.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tire-fond m (plural tire-fonds)

1. eyebolt [from 15th c.]
2. a large wood screw; (rail transport) wood screw attaching a chair to a cross-tie
3. (medicine, historical) a threaded rod used as part of a bullet extractor

Descendants

• → Romanian: tirfon
• → Turkish: tirfon

See also

• tire-bouchon
• tire-balle

Further reading

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