pellucidité, n.f., pellucidness, clearness.

pelotage, n.m., winding skeins into balls; pack of vigonia wool; loose play (at billiards, etc.).

pelote (plot), n.f., pin-cushion; clew, ball of thread; pellet; blaze (on a horse’s forehead). — de neige; snow-ball. Faire sa —; to feather one’s nest.

peloter (plo-té), v.a., to make up into a ball; to throw balls; to bang, to cuff, to beat; to hoard, to save.

se peloter, v.r., to roll round; to roll one’s self up; to bang each other about; to dispute.

peloter, v.n., (at tennis) to knock the ball about.

peloton (plo-ton), n.m., ball, knot, group, cluster; lump (of fat); (milit.) half-company; tennis-ball; group, knot (of people). Ils entraient par —s; they entered by groups. Se mettre en —; to roll one’s self up like a ball. Feu de —; volley-firing, platoon-firing.

pelotonner (plo-to-né), v.a., to wind into balls, to put up into balls.

se pelotonner, v.r., to gather into knots, into groups; to gather into a round mass; to roll one’s self up.