abat-chauvée
French
Etymology
Littré notes that the verb chauver appears in Rabelais; its usual form is chauvir, a verb that only appears In the expression chauvir de l’oreille, ‘to prick up one’s ears’, with reference to an animal.
Noun
abat-chauvée f (plural abat-chauvées)
- pulled wool of low quality, generally detached from the animal's skin by a lime treatment
Further reading
- “abat-chauvée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.