escabelle, n.f., stool. Déranger les —s à; (fig.) to upset (any one’s) calculations; to baffle or foil (any one).
escache, n.f., scatch, bit (for horses).
escadre, n.f., (nav.) squadron, fleet. Chef d’—; commodore; flag-officer.
*escadrille, n.f., (nav.) small squadron, flotilla.
escadron, n.m., (milit.) squadron (of horse). Chef d’—; major.
escadronner, v.n., to manœuvre (of cavalry).
escalade, n.f., scaling (a wall); (milit.) escalade.
escalader, v.a., to scale, to climb over; (milit.) to escalade. S’—; to be scaled.
escale, n.f., (nav.) putting in, calling. Faire — dans un port; to put into a port, to touch at, to call at (a port).
escalier, n.m., staircase, stairs, flight of stairs, steps. — en limaçon; winding staircase. — dérobé; private staircase. — de commandement; (nav.) companion-ladder.