"tortouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Français]

IPA: \tɔʁ.tuz\, \tɔʁ.tuz\ Forms: tortouses [plural], tourtouse
Rhymes: \uz\
  1. Corde, cordage. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: fr-tortouse-fr-noun-dGQzNkwB Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes argotiques en français, Termes vieillis en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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