clayère, n.f., oyster-bed; breeding-ground.
claymore, n.f., claymore.
clayon, n.m., small hurdle, stand (for cheese).
clayonnage, n.m., wicker; basket-work.
clef (klé), n.f., key; plug (of cocks); (arch.) crown; fid (of masts); (nav.) hitch; (mus.) clef, tuning-key. Un trousseau de —s; a bunch of keys. — de voûte; keystone of a vault. Fermer une porte à —; to lock a door. La grammaire est la — des sciences; grammar is the key to the sciences. Mettre la — sur la fosse; to relinquish an inheritance. Mettre la — sous la porte; to run away from one’s creditors; to bolt. La — est à la porte; the key is in the door.
clématite, n.f., (bot.) clematis, climber.
clémence, n.f., clemency, mercy, forgiveness, leniency.
clément, -e, adj., clement, merciful, lenient; mild (of the weather).
clémentines, n.f.pl., Clementines (the constitutions of Clement the Fifth).
clenche or clenchette, n.f., thumb-lift of a latch; (mus.) clef.