fourchette

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: four=chette

CIDE DICTIONARY

fourchette, n. [F., dim. of fourche. See Fork.].

•  A table fork.  [1913 Webster]
•  A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva.  [1913 Webster]
•  An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frænum.  [1913 Webster]
•  The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.  Knight.  [1913 Webster]
•  The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fourchette, n. Anat. a thin fold of skin at the back of the vulva.

Etymology

F, dimin. of fourche (as FORK)