fourchette

Meaning

Noun

• A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
• A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
• An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
• The wishbone or furculum of birds
• The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
• The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.

Origin

• From French fourchette.