tourmentin
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Sentences with the word tourmentin
Une seule voile triangulaire, un tourmentin de forte toile, fut hissé en guise de trinquette, de manière à maintenir la goëlette vent arrière.Jules Verne (1828-1905)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of TOURMENTIN s. m.
est le mast qui est enté sur le beaupré, qui s'appelle autrement perroquet de beaupré.
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