
A special glove cover worn by sabre fencers, on their weapon hand. Covered by a type of brocaded fabric with inwoven metal threads that serve as a conductive surface that aides in the practice of electric fencing, the manchette is worn on the hand and wrist. The manchette is conducting up to but not exceeding the wrist area. It is worn in conjuncti...
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[cuisine] In cuisine a manchette is a paper frill attached to the exposed end of a bone of a cooked piece of meat. Manchettes are typically applied to the legs of roasted poultry and the bones of roasted pork or lamb. One particular dish often decorated with manchettes is the crown roast of lamb or pork. Manchettes were originally of practi...
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A conical array of microtubules that invests the nucleus of a spermatid; believed to play a role in shaping the nucleus during spermatogenesis. ... Origin: Fr. Cuff, dim. Of manche, sleeve, fr. L. Manicae; fr. Manus, hand ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: man-shet′ Definitions: 1. A conic array of microtubules that invests the nucleus of a spermatid; believed to play a role in shaping the nucleus during spermiogenesis.
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