Gargantua.
Matatane, f. (military), guard-room; cells, “mill, jigger, or Irish theatre.”
Matelas, m. (popular), ambulant, street-walker, or “bed-fagot.” See [Gadoue].
Matelasser (popular), se ——, is said of a woman who makes up for nature’s niggardliness by padding her bodice.
Matelot, m. (sailors’), chum, mate.
Matelote, f. (sailors’), trimer à la ——, to be a sailor.
Et de Nantes jusqu’à Bordeaux,
Trime à la matelote,
N’ayant qu’un tricot sur le dos,
Et pour fond de culotte