The New International Encyclopædia/Chichevache

CHICHEVACHE, shē̇sh′vȧsh′. A creature in French fable, represented as a lean cow, which lived upon submissive wives. The name and the conception arose from the corruption of the old French chicheface (ugly face) to chichevache (lean cow). Bicorne, the complement of Chichevache, is a fat beast, nourished on submissive husbands.