écorcherie, n.f., knacker’s yard; inn in which travelers are fleeced; expensive place; fleecing.
écorcheur, n.m., knacker; flayer; fleecer.
écorchure, n.f., scratch, excoriation; slight wound.
écorner, v.a., to break the horns, the corners, of; to dog’s ear; to curtail, to impair, to lessen, to diminish. Il fait un vent à — un bœuf; it is blowing great guns.
écornifler, v.a., to sponge upon, to hang on.
écorniflerie, n.f., sponging, hanging on.
écornifleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., sponger, hanger-on.
écornure, n.f., corner broken off, breaking at the edges, chipping.
écossais, -e, n. and adj., Scotsman, Scotswoman; Scottish.
écossaise, n.f., Scotch plaid, plaid-stuff.