clabaudage, n.m., barking, baying; clamor, bawling.
clabaudement, n.m., peg-peg (i.e., of a wooden leg).
clabauder, v.n., to give tongue (falsely); to clamor, to bawl out.
clabauderie (-bo-drî), n.f., clamor, bawling; ranting, abuse; tall-talk, brawl.
clabaudeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., brawler, clamorer, scold.
claie, n.f., wattle, hurdle; (of a sieve) screen. Passer à la —; to screen.
clair, -e, adj., clear, bright, relucent, shining, luminous; light, lightsome, light-colored; transparent; pure, limpid; thin; plain, manifest, evident, obvious, intelligible, visible. C’est — comme jour; it is as plain as a pike-staff. Etoffe —e; thin, flimsy stuff. Lait —; whey; (of eggs) addled, barren.
clair, n.m., light, clearness; (paint.) light. Il fait — de lune; it is moonlight. Vin tiré au —; racked wine. Tirer au —; to bottle off; to clarify, to fine.
clair, adv., clearly, plain, plainly. Parler — et net; to speak out plainly, openly; not to mince matters. N’y pas voir —; not to see; (fig.) not to understand. Arbres — semés; sparse, thinly scattered trees.
clairçage, n.m., decoloring (of sugar).