ciseaux

les ciseaux (FR N-M PL) scissors, steel cutting implement with two blades, joined in their centers with a pivotal joint, having a handle on one end, that slide closely together to cut things. A scissor is up to 6 inches in length, and has two finger holes that are similar in size. A shear is anything longer than 6 inches, or a scissor that has one finger hole that will take more than one finger. The first scissors date to about 1500 BC. First appears in French in 1190 spelled cisel, from Latin…