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Definition of: fourchette
(fr·shet′) noun
1. A forked piece between glove fingers, uniting the front and back parts.
2. Ornithol. The furculum or wishbone of a bird.
3. The frog of a horse.
4. Anat. A fold of mucous membrane forming the posterior commissure of the vulva. [<F, dim. of fourche a fork <L furca]
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