Goutte

//ɡuːt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.

    "Per fesse nebuly chequy azure and or, each of the last charged with a goutte of the first, and sable, in base five estoiles, four and one of the second, all within a bordure argent, charged with eight crosses couped gules."

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"The department store is a gateway of sorts to Paris’ Goutte d’Or neighborhood, home to a large African immigrant community."

Etymology

From Middle English goute, from Old French goutte, goute, gote, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Doublet of gout and gutta.

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