touoré

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French torel (compare French taureau), a diminutive of tor, taur, from Latin taurus.

Noun

touoré m (plural touorés)

  1. (continental, Guernsey) ox
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[1], pages 531-32:
      Mars qui entre coume ùn agné sortira coume ùn touaré.
      March that enters like a lamb will leave like a bull.
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