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cotteur

/kɔ.tœʁ/

noun, feminine/kɔ.tœʁ/plural: cotteurs

a raised border between a road and sidewalk; a kerb

Ton char est pris sous la neige sur le cotteur.Your car is trapped under the snow on the kerb.

Probably borrowed from English cutter. Other theories posit a derivation from cotter (“to support with a strut or stay”), accotement (“verge [of a road]”) or simply from côté (“side”) + -eur.

noun, masculine/kɔ.tœʁ/plural: cotteurs

garden shears or secateurs; a light sleigh drawn by a single horse; a cutter

J'ai besoin d’un râteau et d’un cotteur.I need a rake and some shears.

Synonyms: cisailles

Borrowed from English cutter.