culbute, n.f., somersault; ruin, failure, bankruptcy; fall, tumble, somersault. Faire la —; to turn a somersault. Au bout du fossé la —; look before you leap.
culbuter, v.a., to throw down, to throw down headlong; to overthrow, to ruin, to upset; to make any one, anything, tumble down; to do for. Cette entreprise l’a culbuté; this enterprise has ruined him.
culbuter, v.n., to fall head over heels.
culbutis, n.m., confused heap; jumble.
culée, n.f., abutment (of bridges); tail (of a hide); (nav.) stern-way.
culer, v.n., to fall astern, to make stern-way; to veer (of the wind). Scier à —; to back water.
culeron, n.m., (saddlery) crupper-loop.
culière, n.f., gutter-stone, kennel-stone, breech of harness, hind girth.
culinaire, adj., culinary.
culmifère, adj., (bot.) culmiferous.