gâche

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) oar
2. (feminine) trowel

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of gâcher:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of gâcher:

Concepts

trowel

keeper

strike plate

plasterer’s trowel

Synonyms

arrêtoir

truelle

Translations

Kalkschaufel

Schließklappe

bocchetta

borchia

cazzuola

mestola

giornello

sluitplaat

colher de pedreiro

chapa

paleta

paleta de albañil

cerradero

paleta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡaʃ/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: gesp

Cognate with Low German: gaspe

Cognate with Old English: gēap

In summary

From Middle French gache (“a mason's tool for mixing, spatula, trowel”), from Old French gaiche (“oar, rowing”), derivative of gaschier (“to wash, soak”), from Old Frankish *waskan, *wascōn (“to wash, bathe”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną (“to wash”). More at gâcher, wash.