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10:29 Oct 27, 2011

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Tech/Engineering - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Gants

French term or phrase: fourchettes à potence

Technical description document of work-combat gloves for the French army:

Le corps du gant qui comprend:
Le pouce ricochet
Les fourchettes à potence
La bandelette

I have translated "fourchettes" throughout as fourchettes, the bits that join the fingers. But I have no clue what "à potence" could mean.

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Summary of answers provided
2	reinforced webbed fingers	nokostya

Discussion entries: 2

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5 hrs confidence:

reinforced webbed fingers

Explanation:
a glove similar to a boxing glove, a mitten, or a motocross glove where you can place each finger individually inside the glove but you must move all four fingers at the same time, and not move individually as in a standard glove

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Asker: Thanks for your answer, but I know it´s not referring to the fingers themselves, but rather the pieces that are put between the fingers, which are called fourchettes even in English. I don´t think there´s any reason to believe they are webbed either, as I´ve come across that translated as something else.

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