†hautainement (hô-tè-n-mān), adv., haughtily, superciliously, proudly.
†hautbois (hô-boâ), n.m., hautboy; oboe; oboe-player.
☉†haut-de-chausses or haut-de-chausse, n.m., (—s-—, or —s-—s) small-clothes; trunk-hose; breeches.
†haute-contre, n.f., (—s-—) (mus.) counter-tenor.
†haute lisse, n.f., tapestry hangings.
†hautement (hô-tman), adv., aloud, boldly, resolutely, stoutly, proudly.
†haute paye, n.f., extra pay.
†hautesse, n.f., highness (the Sultan’s title).
☉†haute-taille, n.f., (—s-—s) (mus.) upper-tenor.
†hauteur, n.f., height, altitude, hill; rising ground, eminence; depth; elevation; firmness, haughtiness, arrogance. La — d’une montagne; the height of a hill. Mur à — d’appui; wall breast-high. La — d’un bataillon; the depth of a battalion. La — d’un astre; the altitude of a star. Prendre la — du soleil; to take the sun’s altitude. Être à la — d’une île; (nav.) to be off an island. La — de ses conceptions; the loftiness of his ideas. Être à la — de quelqu’un; to be a match for any one. Être à la — du siècle; to keep pace with the age. Être à la — d’une tâche; to be equal to any task. Parler avec —; to speak haughtily. Avec —; imperiously, haughtily. De toute sa —; at its or his full height.