courber, v.a., to bend, to warp, to make crooked, to curve, to incurvate; (tech.) to sag, to bow down, to weigh down. Courbé de vieillesse; bent with age. Se tenir courbé; to stoop.
se courber, v.r., to bend, to bow; to stoop; to bow down.
courber, v.n., to bow, to bend.
courbet, n.m., bill-hook; bow of a pack-saddle.
courbette, n.f., (man.) curvet; cringing, bowing and scraping. Il fait des —s; he bows and scrapes and cringes.
courbetter, v.n., (man.) to curvet.
courbure, n.f., curve, curvature, bending, curvation, bend; (tech.) sagging.
*courcailler, v.n., to cry like a quail.
*courcaillet, n.m., cry of the quail; quail-pipe.