BANDEAU | • bandeau n. A band for the hair. • bandeau n. (Medicine) A band. • bandeau n. A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women’s top made from a similar band of fabric. |
BATTEAU | • batteau n. Alternative form of bateau. • BATTEAU n. (Canadian) a boat; especially a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers, also BATEAU. |
BERCEAU | • BERCEAU n. (French) a cradle, a covered walk. |
CHAPEAU | • chapeau n. A hat. • chapeau n. (Heraldry) A cap of maintenance. • chapeau n. The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine. |
CHATEAU | • chateau n. Alternative spelling of château. • château n. A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house. • château n. Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle. |
CORBEAU | • corbeau n. The black vulture, Coragyps atratus. • corbeau n. (Historical) A man who carts away the dead plague victims. • corbeau n. A very dark shade of green, almost black. |
COUTEAU | • couteau n. (Obsolete) A knife; a dagger. • COUTEAU n. (French) a knife. |
JAMBEAU | • jambeau n. (Historical, chiefly in the plural) A piece of armour for the leg (especially below the knee), a greave. • jambeau n. A certain fish. • JAMBEAU n. (obsolete) armour for the legs below the knees, a greave, also JAMB, JAMBART, JAMBE, JAMBER, JAMBIER. |
MANTEAU | • manteau n. A cloak or gown, especially of a kind popular with women in the 17th and 18th centuries. • manteau n. A long, loose-fitting coat worn by Iranian Muslim women based off the trenchcoat, originally worn with… • MANTEAU n. (French) a woman's loose gown, also MANTO, MANTUA, MANTY. |
MOINEAU | • moineau n. (Fortifications) A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain. • MOINEAU n. (French) a small flat bastion to protect a fortress under construction. |
MORCEAU | • morceau n. A small bit; a morsel or snippet. • MORCEAU n. (French) a short literary or musical composition. |
NOUVEAU | • nouveau adj. New, fashionable. • NOUVEAU n. (French) something new. |
PLATEAU | • plateau n. A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland. • plateau n. (Of a varying quantity) A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. • plateau n. (Dated) An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver. |
PONCEAU | • ponceau n. (Chemistry) Any of a number of red pigments, some of which are used as indicators. • PONCEAU n. (French) a poppy-coloured red dye. • PONCEAU n. a small bridge. |
RONDEAU | • rondeau n. (Poetry) A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three… • rondeau n. A monophonic song with a two-part refrain. • Rondeau prop.n. A surname. |
ROULEAU | • rouleau n. A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll. • rouleau n. (Textiles) A decorative technique that involves creating patterns with piping, cording or bias tape… • rouleau n. (Medicine, chiefly in the plural) A stack of aggregated red blood cells, as seen in certain haematological… |
TABLEAU | • tableau n. A striking and vivid representation; a picture. • tableau n. A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture. • tableau n. (UK, dated) Hence, an arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing… |
TONNEAU | • tonneau n. The rear body or compartment of some types of motor vehicle, especially one containing seats for passengers. • tonneau n. An old-style open passenger vehicle with a tonneau (rear compartment with seats). • tonneau n. Clipping of tonneau cover. |
TRUMEAU | • trumeau n. (Architecture) The pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of a doorway or window… • trumeau n. A trumeau mirror. • TRUMEAU n. (French) a column supporting part of a doorway. |