parapet gazonné, turf bank

486. bleuâtre. The termination -âtre generally has a depreciatory sensé (cf. poetaster). In colours, translate by English termination -ish : rougeâtre, reddish ; grisâtre, greyish.

3. Distinguish between la chair (Lat. carnem) and la chaire (Lat. cathedram).

8. lande, waste, common. It is also the name of a reed which flourishes in sandy soil near the sea ; hence the Department of * Landes ' in South-Western France.