*béquille, n.f., crutch, crutch-stick; (agri.) spud; (nav.) shore.

*béquiller, v.n., to walk on crutches.

*béquiller, v.a., (gard.) to dig weeds up with a spud; (nav.) to shore up.

ber (bère), n.m., (nav.) cradle.

berbère, n.m. and f., Berber.

berbéris, n.m., (bot.) barberry.

*bercail, n.m., (n.p.) sheepfold, fold.

berce, n.f., (bot.) cow-parsnip.

berceau, n.m., cradle; place of one’s infancy; arbor, bower; (arch.) vault; (nav.) cradle; (fig.) source, origin, infancy.

bercelle, n.f., pincers (used by enamelers).