abâtardir, v.a., to render degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to spoil, to mar, to adulterate. La servitude abâtardit le courage; slavery debases courage. Un homme abâtardi; a degenerate man.
s’abâtardir, v.r., to degenerate, to grow worse.
abâtardissement (-mān), n.m., degeneracy.
abat-chauvée, n.f., (n.p.) flock-wool.
abat-faim (-fin), n.m., (—) large joint, substantial dish.
abat-foin, n.m., (—) opening above the rack to put the hay through; loft-trap.
abat-jour, n.m., (—) (arch.) sky-light, trunk-light; shade for a lamp; window-blind; (bot.) opening.
abattage, n.m., cutting down, felling, clearance (of a forest); (nav.) heaving down; careening; slaughtering (of animals).
☉abattant, n.m., shutter; flap (of a counter); lid.
abattée, n.f., (nav.) casting; falling off to leeward. Faire son —; to cast; to fall off.