Jacot tool

noun

Ja·​cot tool

zhaˈkō,

ja-

: a small hand lathe in which watch pivots are burnished or polished

Word History

Etymology

probably intended as translation of French tour Jacot, literally, Jacot lathe, probably from the name Jacot

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