crémaillère

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French crémaillère. === Noun === crémaillère (plural crémaillères) An indented or zigzagging line of entrenchment used in fortification. === References === “crémaillère”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Alternative forms === cramaillère, cramaillier (archaic) === Etymology === From Old French cramail +‎ -ière, from Latin cramalius, cramalium, cramaculus, cramaculum (“trammel”), alteration of cremasculus, cremasculum (“trammel”), diminutive of cremaster from Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁe.ma.jɛʁ/ === Noun === crémaillère f (plural crémaillères) trammel; a type of hook from which a cooking pot can be suspended over a hearth fire at different heights as needed for the right cooking temperature (rail transport) rack, rack-and-pinion (military) crémaillère (indented or zigzagging line of entrenchment used in fortification) ellipsis of pendaison de crémaillère; housewarming ==== Derived terms ==== pendaison de crémaillère pendre la crémaillère ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: cremallera → English: crémaillère → Portuguese: cremalheira → Spanish: cremallera === Further reading === “crémaillère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012