manoque
French
Etymology
Related to main.
Noun
manoque f (plural manoques)
- roll of tobacco
- (nautical) small pieces of wood bound together, a unit of 30 to 60 fathoms
Related terms
- manoquer (“to put the tobacco into rolls”)
- manoquage, manocage
- époularder (“to pull apart the tobacco leaves from the roll to cleanse them”)
Further reading
- “manoque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.