sarcelle

French sarcelle

sarcelle (plural sarcelles)

1. (archaic) Any of a number of teals (ducks)

• “sarcelle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /saʁ.sɛl/

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sarcelle f (plural sarcelles)

1. teal (ducklike bird)
   • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:

     On va aller en boîte trouver de la meuf, choper de la sarcelle à talon.

     We're going to a club to find some birds, get ourselves a bit of skirt.

     (literally, “We're going to go to a club to find some women, get some teal with heels.”)

• “sarcelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• scellera