debandement (dé-band-mān), n.m., disbanding; (milit.) leaving the ranks.

débander, v.a., to unbind; to unbend, to loosen. — un pistolet; to uncock a pistol. — quelqu’un; to take off the handkerchief tied over any one’s eyes.

se débander, v.r., to slacken or grow loose, to relax; to disband; to get uncocked (of firearms); to grow milder (of the weather). — l’esprit; to relax one’s mind.

débanquer, v.a., to break the bank (at play).

débaptiser (dé-ba-ti-zé), v.a., to change the name of. Il jugea à propos de se —; he thought proper to change his name.

*débarbouiller, v.a., to clean, to make clean, to wash the face.

se débarbouiller, v.r., to wash one’s face; to extricate one’s self.

débarcadère, n.m., landing, landing-place, wharf, terminus, station (of railways).

débardage, n.m., unlading (of wood).

débarder, v.a., to unlade wood; to clear a wood of the trees which have been felled in it.