contrebassiste, n.m., (mus.) double-bass player.
contre-basson, n.m., (—-—s) (mus.) double bassoon; double bassoon-player.
contre-batterie, n.f., (—-—s) cross-battery, counter-battery; counter-plot.
à contre-biais, adv., contrariwise, the wrong way; the other way.
à contre-bord, adv., (nav.) Les deux vaisseaux courent à —; the two vessels are running aboard of each other; on a contrary tack.
contre-boutant, n.m., (—-—s) counterfort; butment; buttress.
contre-bouter, v.a., to buttress; to support with a raking shore or but; to shore up.
contre-brasser, v.a., (nav.) to brace about the yards; to counterbrace.
contre-calquer, v.a., to counter-draw.
contre-capion, n.m., (—-—s). — de poupe; the false post of a row-galley. — de proue; the stemson of a galley.