Noun: hachereau
| Singular | hachereau |
| Plural | hachereaux |
Sample Sentences
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A "hachereau" or hatchet, sometimes served as a hammer. [1982, Jean Daigle, The Acadians of the Maritimes: thematic studies, page 457:]
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Bifacial tools are represented by an amigdaloid hand-axe (Figure 4.2:6), a possible biface fragment, and an atypical hachereau. [2003, Marie Soressi, Harold Lewis Dibble, Multiple Approaches to the Study of Bifacial Technologies, →ISBN, page 79:]
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In its essential features, this kind of implement might also be viewed as a kind of small hachereau (Type 55). [2013, Arthur J. Jelinek, Neandertal Lithic Industries at La Quina, →ISBN, page 229:]
Nouns inflected like hachereau
batteau,
ghoughphtheightteeau,
carreau,
corbeau,
cordeau,
hachereau,
aboiteau,
marteau,
Carneau,
fabliau,
bateau,
Etymology
From French hacher, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).