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)

1. 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.