lacert

From French lacerte, from Late Latin lacertus (“muscle”), from Classical Latin lacertus (“upper arm”), of uncertain etymology but possibly related to lacerta (“lizard”).

lacert (plural lacerts)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lacertus: a fleshy muscle of the human body.

• “lacert”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Claret, arclet, cartel, claret, rectal

lacert

1. Alternative form of lesarde

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)