secateurs (?s?k?t?z; ?s?k??t??z) pl n (Tools) chiefly Brit a small pair of shears for pruning, having a pair of pivoted handles, sprung so that they are normally open, and usually a single cutting blade that closes against a flat surface Also called: secateur [C19: plural of French sécateur, from Latin sec?re to cut]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sec?a?teurs (?s?k ? t?rz, -?t?rz) n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) Chiefly Brit. pruning shears. [1880?85;