tire-fesse
French
noun
Definitions
- (informal) ski lift, surface lift, platter lift, button lift, platter pull
Etymology
Affix from French tirer (pull, draw, shoot) + French fesse (buttock, butt, butt-cheek).
Origin
French
fesse
Gloss
buttock, butt, butt-cheek
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tirare Italian
- van likmevestje Dutch, Flemish
- attirer French
- coco-fesse French
- détirer French
- fesse French
- fessu French
- retirer French
- soutirer French
- tirage French
- tirailler French
- tire-bouchon French
- tirer French
- tirette French
- tireur French
- tireuse French
- tiroir French
- tiri Esperanto
- fesă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fesse Middle French
- tirer Middle French
- tire Haitian, Haitian Creole
- fess Mauritian Creole
- tiré Louisiana Creole French
- fess Seychellois Creole