chaînon, n.m., link.
chair, n.f., flesh, meat; skin (of a person). pl., (paint.) flesh. — vive; quick flesh. — morte; dead skin. — ferme, molle; firm, soft, flesh. —s baveuses; (med.) proud flesh. — blanche; white meat. — noire; game. — de poule; goose-flesh, (med.) cutis anseris. J’en ai la — de poule; I shudder at the thought, it makes my flesh creep. Un morceau de —; a piece of meat. La — d’un poisson; the fleshy part of a fish. Couleur de —; flesh-color. Convoitises de la —; the lusts of the flesh. Le Verbe s’est fait —; the Word was made flesh. La résurrection de la —; the resurrection of the body. Pester entre cuir et —; to keep one’s ill humor to one’s self. Hacher menu comme — à pâté; to make mince meat of. Ni — ni poisson; neither fish, flesh nor fowl. En — et en os; in flesh and blood.
chaire, n.f., pulpit; professorship; desk (in churches); bishop’s throne. Monter en —; to mount the pulpit. — apostolique; apostolic see. — curule; curule chair. — de droit; professorship of law.
chaise, n.f., chair, seat; (carp.) timber-work, frame; curb; chaise (carriage). — à dos; high-backed chair. — de paille; straw-bottomed chair. — percée; close-stool. — brisée; folding chair. — à deux chevaux; chaise and pair. — à bascule; rocking-chair. — à porteurs; sedan-chair. — longue; lounging-chair; couch.
chaisier, n.m., chair-maker; chaisière, n.f., chair-letter.
chako, n.m. V. shako.
chaland, n.m., -e, n.f., customer, purchaser.
chaland, n.m., (nav.) lighter, barge.
chalandeau, n.m., lighterman, bargeman.
☉chalandise, n.f., custom.