English Explanatory Dictionary

ventouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cupping glass.
  2. A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.
verb
  1. To cup; to use a cupping glass.

Word forms

ventouse ventouses ventose ventousing ventoused

Etymology

Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both.

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