carrossée, n.f., coachful, carriageful.
carrosserie, n.f., coach-making; coach-building.
carrossier, n.m., coachmaker, carriage-builder; coach-horse.
carrousel, n.m., tournament; roundabout.
☉carrousse, n.f., carouse. Faire —; to carouse, to drink hard.
carrure, n.f., breadth of shoulders.
cartahu, n.m., (nav.) whip; girt-line. Poulie de —; single block.
cartayer, v.n., to avoid ruts.
carte, n.f., pasteboard; card, postcard; label, ticket; map, chart; bill; bill of fare; account. Un jeu de —s; a pack of cards. Les basses —s; the small cards. —s préparées; marked cards. Donner les —s; to deal. Battre les —s; to shuffle. Faire des tours de —s; to play tricks with cards. Mettre aux —s; to pay the card money. Château de —s; gingerbread or jerry-built house. Brouiller les —s; to sow discord. Voir le dessous des —s; to be in the secret; “in the Know.” Avoir — blanche; to have full power. Tirer les —s; to tell fortunes (with cards). — de géographie; map, chart. Faire la — d’un pays; to map out a country. — topographique; topographical chart. — marine; sea-chart. Perdre la —; to lose one’s wits. Dîner à la —; to dine from the bill of fare.
cartel, n.m., challenge, cartel; dial-case, clock; frieze-panel, frame; (milit., nav.) cartel. — d’armoiries; (her.) shield.