bourrasque, n.f., squall; relapse; fresh attack (of a disease); vexation; caprice; fit of anger, of ill-humor.
bourre, n.f., hair, fluff (of animals); stuff, trash; flock (of wool); floss (of silk); wad (of fire-arms); kind of down (on the buds of trees). Lit de —; flock-bed.
bourreau, n.m., hangman, executioner; tormentor, tyrant, butcher. Un — d’argent; a spendthrift.
bourrée, n.f., brushwood, chatwood; small fagot; boree (dance).
bourreler (boor-), v.a., to torment, to sting; to torture, to rack, to goad.
bourrelet or bourlet, n.m., pad; cushion; sand-bag; swelling (about the loins); padded cap; (of horses) collar.
bourrelier (boor-), n.m., harness-maker.
bourrelle, -ment, n.m., torment, torture.
bourrellerie (boo-rèl-rî), n.f., business of a harness-maker.