charpentier (-tié), n.m., carpenter; (whale-fishery), whale-cutter.
charpi, n.m., cooper’s block.
charpie, n.f., lint. En —; (of meat) boiled to rags.
charrée, n.f., buck-ashes; lye.
charretée (shar-tée), n.f., cart-load.
charretier (shar-tié), n.m., carman, carter, wagoner; plow-boy, plowman. Il n’y a si bon — qui ne verse; it’s a good horse that never stumbles. Jurer comme un — embourbé; to swear like a trooper.
charreti-er, -ère, adj., passable for carts, &c. Chemin —; cart-road. Voie —ère; track (space between the two wheels of a cart).
charrette, n.f., cart. — à bras; hand-cart. — à ressorts; spring-cart. Train de —; skeleton-cart. Mettre la — devant les bœufs; to put the cart before the horse. Mieux vaut être cheval que —; better lead than be led. C’est un avaleur de —s ferrées; he is a great brag.
charriage, n.m., cartage.
charrier, v.a., to cart, to bring in a cart; to drift; (med.) to be loaded with.