escompter (ès-conté), v.a., to discount, to cash; (fig.) to anticipate, to forestall. — un billet, un effet; to cash a bill.
escompteur (ès-kon-teur), n.m., (com.) discounter.
escope, n.f. V. écope.
escopette, n.f., carbine.
escopetterie, n.f., volley of carbines, etc.
escopettier, n.m., rifleman.
escorte, n.f., escort; (nav.) convoy (fig.); retinue, train, attendants. Servir d’— à; to serve as an escort to, to guard. Bâtiment d’—; convoy-ship.
escorter, v.n., to escort; to accompany, to attend. — la caisse militaire; to escort the military chest.
escot, n.m., kind of serge; (nav.) skeet.
escouade, n.f., (milit.) squad; gang.