ceinture fléchée

noun

A colourful woolen sash traditionally worn by Quebecers, Acadians and Métis.

Meanings

nounceinture fléchée (plural ceintures fléchées)

plural ceintures fléchées

  1. A colourful woolen sash traditionally worn by Quebecers, Acadians and Métis.

Origin

  1. Frenchceinture fléchée
  2. Englishceinture fléchée

French ceinture fléchée

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APA

ceinture fléchée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceinture%20fl%C3%A9ch%C3%A9e

MLA

“ceinture fléchée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceinture%20fl%C3%A9ch%C3%A9e. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ceinture fléchée,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceinture%20fl%C3%A9ch%C3%A9e.

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