Chart of words known better by men than women, and vice versa

I’ll bite, without resorting to the omniscient Google.

  • peduncle - a short stem, supporting something (e.g. the ones in grapes)
  • bellguard - ? something to do with swords? Possibly the part protecting the hand.
  • cantle - ?
  • talatat - ?
  • pommel - a bulbous thing attached to something.
  • flying jesses - ?
  • elytra - chitinous and hardened wing (e.g. in Coleoptera)
  • fillis- ?
  • Vuylstekeara - I don’t even know how to start pronouncing this…
  • pastern - ?
  • furnishings (not meaning furniture or pillows, etc) - ?
  • nare - same as nostril? (narice in Italian)
  • hallux - The big toe, in Latin (alluce in Italian)
  • mastaba - Some kind of funerary monument
  • keiki - a plant taken from a parent plant.

7.5 out of 15. Lemme check whether I got them right.
Yes! Not too shabby for a 2.5th language.
Latin is still an asset (hallux, nare, peduncle) Similar words in Italian are too (pomolo o pomello, peduncolo, elitra).
Random stuff helps (keiki - same in Italian, heard at a plant shop)

MerelyGifted, given some of the other words, I’m now picturing you brandishing a sword from your horse.

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