chevrette

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chevrette - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chevrette \Chev*rette"\, n. [F., fr. ch['e]vre goat, fr. L.
     capra. Cf. Chevron.] (Mil.)
     A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.
     [1913 Webster]