ébarbage, n.m., (arts) paring, paring away; (engr.) edging off; scraping.
ébarber, v.a., to pare, to strip (quills); (engr.) to edge off, to scrape; to edge a dish off.
ébarboir, n.m., (arts) parer, scraper.
ébat, n.m., (fam.) diversion, pastime, sport, gambol, frolic. Prendre ses —s; to disport oneself.
ébattement (é-bat-mān), n.m., balancing (of a vehicle); (jest.) diversion, pastime, sport, gambol.
s’ébattre, v.r., to sport, to take one’s pleasure, to gambol, to frolic.
ébaubi, -e, adj., (fam., jest.) amazed, astonished, dumfounded.
ébauchage, n.m., sketching.
ébauche, n.f., sketch, rough draught, drawing, outline.
ébaucher, v.a., to make the first draught, to draw an outline of, to sketch, to rough-hew; to delineate; (mas.) to boast.