déclos, -e, part., unclosed; open.

déclôture, n.f., unclosing, opening.

déclouer, v.a., to unnail.

décochement (-kosh-mān), n.m., discharge, darting (of arrows, shafts); shooting.

décocher, v.a., to discharge, to let fly (arrows); to let fly; to bring out; to dart.

décoction, n.f., (pharm.) decoction.

*décognoir, n.m., (print.) shooting-stick.

décoiffer, v.a., to take off a head-dress, to undress the hair; to take the sealing-wax off the cork of a bottle. — St. Pierre pour coiffer St. Paul; to rob Peter to pay Paul.

se décoiffer, v.r., to undo one’s head-dress, to take off one’s cap. Cet enfant se décoiffe tous jours; that child is constantly pulling off its cap.

décoinçage, n.m., unwedging; (rail.) unkeying, unlocking.