étanché, part., stopped (of a leak).
étanchement (é-tānsh-mān), n.m., stanching; stopping; quenching; slaking. L’— du sang; the stopping of blood.
étancher, v.a., to stanch; to stop; to slake, to quench. — le sang; to stop the blood. — la soif; to quench the thirst. — un vaisseau; (nav.) to free a ship of water.
étançon, n.m., prop, stay, supporter, shore; (nav.) stanchion.
étançonner, v.a., to prop, to underprop, to stay, to support, to shore.
étanfiche, n.f., quarry-stratum.
étang, n.m., pond, fish-pond; pool. Peupler un —; to stock a pond. Pêcher un —; to drag a pond.
étape, n.f., store-house; rations; forage; halting place; stage. Brûler l’—; to pass through without stopping.
étapier, n.m., (milit.) distributor of rations.