English Explanatory Dictionary

goutte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.

Pronunciation

/ɡuːt/

Word forms

goutte gouttes

Etymology

From Middle English goute, from Old French goutte, goute, gote, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Doublet of gout and gutta.

Related words

1894 Henry Gough James Parker page 291:Azure on a lion rampant argent gouttes purpure Essex. The more frequent form is gutté or gutty goutty gouté. They may be of various tinctures and in English […]
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