tige

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A steel pin in early rifles.
  2. A stem.

Word forms

tige tiges

Etymology

Borrowed from French tige (“stem”), from Latin tibia (“shin bone, leg”). Doublet of tibia.

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