shoder

shoder
\\ˈshōdə(r)\ noun (-s)
Etymology: modification of French chauderet, chaudret, alteration of chaucheret, from obsolete chaucher to press, from Latin calcare to tread on, trample, press, from calc-, calx heel — more at calk
: a package of goldbeater's skins in which gold leaf is beaten the second time — compare cutch II

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