vanneau, n.m., (orni.) lapwing, peewit, plover.

vanner, v.a., to winnow, to fan, to sift, to hull; (hydraul.) to make, or to place, water-gates in dams, etc.

vannerie (va-n-rî), n.f., basket-trade; basket-work.

vannet, n.m., scallop, scollop (shell-fish).

vannette, n.f., server, flat basket (to give horses their corn). — crible; oat-sieve.

vanneur, n.m., winnower.

vannier, n.m., basket-maker.

*vantail, n.m., leaf of a folding-door; window-shutter; lock-gate. Fermer les vantaux; to shut the folding-doors.

vantard, -e, n. and adj., boaster, bragger, braggart; boasting, boastful; bragging.