shoder

noun

sho·​der

ˈshōdə(r)

plural -s

: a package of goldbeater's skins in which gold leaf is beaten the second time compare cutch entry 2

Word History

Etymology

modification of French chauderet, chaudret, alteration of chaucheret, from obsolete chaucher to press, from Latin calcare to tread on, trample, press, from calc-, calx heel

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