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noun, feminine

besaiguë

/bə.zɛ.ɡy/

noun, feminine/bə.zɛ.ɡy/plural: besaiguës

large, long-handled twibill with a broad chisel and a mortise chisel for cutting mortises; a small glazier's hammer

From Old French besagües, biesagüe, from Vulgar Latin (ascia) bisacuta, from Latin bis + acūta (“double-edged”). Compare Italian bisacuto.