noun
Origin: Fr, a seesaw < bacule < baculer, lit., to strike the posterior < stem of battre (see batter) + cul < L culus, the posterior
See bascule in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: French, seesaw
Origin: : bas, low (from Medieval Latin bassus)
Origin: + cul, bottom (from Latin cūlus, rump; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots)
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