contrescarper, v.a., to counterscarp.
contre-scel, n.m., (—-—s) counter-seal.
contre-sceller, v.a., to counter-seal.
contreseing, n.m., counter-signature, counter-sign.
contresens, n.m., contrary sense, contrary meaning; wrong construction; mistranslation; wrong meaning; false reading; wrong side (of stuffs). Faire un —; to mistranslate, to misinterpret, to misconceive. À —; in a wrong way, on the wrong side. Employer une étoffe à —; to make up a stuff on the wrong side.
*contre-signal, n.m., (—-signaux) counter-signal.
*contresignataire, n.m., countersigner.
*contresigner, v.a., to countersign.
*contre-taille, n.f., (—-—s) (com.) counter-tally. pl., (engr.) cross-lines, cross-cut.
contretemps, n.m., untoward accident, disappointment; mischance, mishap; (man.) counter-time; (mus.) syncopation, À —; unseasonably, at the wrong time; (mus.) out of time; with syncopation.