What is "fourchette"

Fourchette \Four`chette"\ (f[=oo]r`sh[e^]t"), n. [F., dim. of fourche. See Fork.]

1. A table fork.

2. (Anat.)

   1. A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva.

   2. The wishbone or furculum of birds.

   3. The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.

3. (Surg.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fr[ae]num.

4. (Glove Making) The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.
   --Knight.

5. (Card Playing) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.

1754, in reference to anatomical structures, from French fourchette, diminutive of fourche "a fork" (see fork (n.)).

n. 1 (context anatomy English) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi). 2 A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove. 3 (context surgery English) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum. 4 The wishbone or furculum of birds 5 The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. 6 (cx card games English) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.

Fourchette can refer to:

• :fr:Fourchette, the French word for fork
• In English, a technical term for
  • a type of dessert fork
  • a component of a glove
• In female human anatomy, the frenulum labiorum pudendi
  • Fourchette piercing