ul nous deux, hetween us

Sous la même toile, beneath the same tent. Cf. ioiù^ canvas.

17.. En butte à, exposed to. N. butte, s.f., a butt, rising ground, knoil ; old French bute, féminine form of but, aim, mark. '* Thèse two words had the same primitive meaning, as is seen in the phrase être en butte à, servir de but à, The but being usually placed on a rising knoll, the word presently came to be used for the knoll itself ; and then the original meaning perished. " — Brachet.