bateli-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., waterman, ferryman, boatman.
bâter, v.a., to load with a pack-saddle.
bâti, n.m., basting, tacking (of garments).
bâti, -e, part., built. Un homme bien —; a well-built man.
bâtier (-tié), n.m., pack-saddle maker.
batifolage, n.m., romping.
batifoler, v.n., to play, to romp.
batifoleur, n.m., (l.u.) romp.
bâtiment, n.m., building, pile, structure, edifice, ship, vessel. — marchand; merchant vessel. — balise; beacon-ship, light-ship. — parlementaire; (nav.) flag of truce. Emplacement d’un —; site of a building. — qui menace ruine; building ready to fall.
bâtir, v.a., to build, to raise, to erect, to rear up; to found; to trump up, to tack, to baste (linen, cloth). C’est — en l’air; it is building castles in the air. — sur le devant (triv.); to grow bulky.