bronchite, n.f., (med.) bronchitis.
bronchotomie (-ko-), n.f., (surg.) bronchotomy.
bronze, n.m., bronze; bronze-figure, medal; (fig.) iron (insensibility), impudence, brass. Un cœur de —; a heart of iron, steel.
bronzer, v.a., to bronze, to paint in bronze color; to tan (face). — un canon de fusil; to bronze the barrel of a musket. Bronzé par le hâle; sunburnt, tanned by the sun.
broquart, n.m., (hunt.) brocket.
broquette, n.f., tin tack, small nail.
☉brossailles. V. broussailles.
brosse, n.f., brush; painter’s brush. — à dents; tooth-brush. — à habits; clothes-brush. (fig.) brush-wood, cover.
brossée, n.f., (fam.) brushing; drubbing, thrashing.
brosser, v.a., to brush, to rub with a brush.