secateurs

Meanings

nounsecateurs pl (plural only)

CommonwealthIrelandUKpluralplural onlySmall, handheld pruning shears.
To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.
2023 August 5, Diarmuid Gavin, “It's time to give my garden a makeover”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 28
Synonyms: pair of secateurs, pruning shears

nounSmall, handheld pruning shears.

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Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur.

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