baldaquin, n.m., baldachin; canopy, tester.
baleine, n.f., whale, whale-bone. Barbe de —; whale-bone. Huile de —; whale oil. La pêche de la —; the whale fishery. Blanc de —; spermaceti.
baleiné, -e, adj., stiffened with whalebone. Un corset —; whalebone stays.
baleineau, n.m., young whale.
baleinier, n.m., adj., whaler.
baleinière, n.f., whale-boat.
balestron, n.m., (nav.) sprit.
☉balèvre, n.f., under lip; (arch.) jutting or projection of one stone beyond another.
bali, n.m. V. pali.
balisage, n.m., (nav.) establishing of buoys, of beacons.