ˈsisəl, -izəl noun
( -s )
Etymology: French cisailles, plural, scissels, from cisailler to clip with shears, from cisailles shears, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin caesaculum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut, hew
: metal scrap clippings left over in various mechanical operations ; especially : the remnants of fillets from which coin blanks have been punched