courante, n.f., courant (a kind of dance); running-hand (of writing); (l.ex.) looseness, relaxation.

courbage, n.m., bending, curving.

*courbaril, n.m., locust-tree. Bois de —; locust-wood.

courbatu, -e, adj., (vet.) foundered; knocked up; stiff in the joints; (med.) affected with lumbago. Je me sens tout —; I feel stiff and bruised all over.

courbature, n.f., (vet.) foundering, lameness; (med.) stiffness in the back and limbs, lumbago.

courbaturer, v.a., to knock up; to make any one feel stiff all over. Se —; to knock oneself up; to get knocked up.

courbe, adj., curved, bent, crooked.

courbe, n.f., curve (nav., carp.) knee; (vet.) curb; turn (in a road).

courbement, n.m., bending.

courbément, adv., curvedly, crookedly.