drelin, n.m., (onomatopœia) tinkling, jingling.
dressage, n.m., training (of horses).
dresse, n.f., underlay (of shoes).
dresser, v.a., to erect, to straighten, to make straight; to raise, to set up; to hold upright; to spread; to lay (a snare); to pitch (camp); to trim (a boat); to lay out, to arrange; to make out (accounts); to draw up (a report); to prick up (the ears); to train (animals). — la tête; to raise the head. Cheval qui dresse les oreilles; a horse that pricks up his ears. — des statues; to erect statues. — un lit; to put up a bed. — une tente; to pitch, to set up, a tent. — un buffet; to lay out a sideboard. — un piège; to lay a trap. — un plan; to draw up a plan. — des arbres; to dress trees. — un cheval; to train a horse. — quelqu’un; to form anyone. Dresse la chaloupe! trim the boat! — la barre du gouvernail; to right the helm.
se dresser, v.r., to stand on end (of the hair); to stand erect; to rear; to form oneself; to be trained.
dresser, v.n., to stand on end. Les cheveux lui dressèrent sur la tête; his hair stood on end.
dressoir, n.m., dresser; sideboard.
*drille, n.m., ☉soldier; fellow. Un bon —; a jolly fellow. Un pauvre —; a poor wretch.
*drilles, n.f.pl., rags; oakum (for paper).
drisse, n.f., (nav.) halyard; yard-rope; gear.