culasse

French, from cul (“back”).

culasse (plural culasses)

1. (archaic) culet (the lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond).

• “culasse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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• IPA^(key): /ky.las/

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culasse f (plural culasses)

1. breech, breechblock (of rifle, etc.)
2. cylinder head (of engine)

   joint de culasse ― cylinder head gasket

culasse

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of culer

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

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