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63 chapa
chahut [Fr], a high-kicking vulgar dance of the 19th century; violent
row.
chaise longue [Fr], lit., long chair; reclining chair or couch.
chai [Gypsy; fern, chai], man; fellow; person.
chaland [Fr], barge.
chalet [Fr], Swiss cottage; also, country house in the style of a Swiss
cottage, —chalet de nécessité, public lavatory and toilet.
challa [Yiddish], a braided bread loaf, baked for the Sabbath.
chalumeau [Fr], a rustic flute or pipe; also, the lowest register of the
clarinet.
chamade [Fr], signal for a parley or surrender made by drum or
trumpet: mil.
chambranle [Fr], a decoration framing the sides and top of a doorway,
window, fireplace, or other opening: arch.
chambre [Fr], chamber; room. —chambre à coucher [pi. chambres à
coucher], bedroom. —chambre d'ami, lit., friend's room; guest room,
chambré [Fr], chambered; specif., brought to the temperature of the
room: said of certain wines.
chamisal [Am Sp], a dense growth of the chamiso shrub; also, the
shrub itself: California.
chamois [Fr], a pliant leather; mountain goat.
champak [Hind], East Indian magnolia, regarded as sacred by Hindus.
champ clos [Fr], lit., closed field; the lists (an arena for jousting).
champ de Mars [Fr], lit., Field of Mars; a large open space in Paris on
the left bank of the Seine.
champignon [Fr], mushroom.
champlevé [Fr], a form of enamel work in which cells are cut in the
metal, in which the enamel is laid and then fused.
Champs Élysées [Fr], Elysian Fields: name of an avenue in Paris.
chandail [Fr], sweater.
chanoine [Fr], canon (religious).
chanson [Fr], a song, —chanson de geste, old French epic poem,
celebrating the exploits of knights, the most famous being the Chanson
de Roland, —chansons à boire, drinking songs.
chansonnette [Fr], little song; ditty.
chant [Fr], song, —chant du cygne, swan song; the last work of a poet
or musician immediately before his death. —-Chant du Départ, Song
of Departure; a French Revolutionary song.
chantage [Fr], extortion of hush money; blackmail.
chanterelle [Fr], the treble string of the violin, lute, etc.; a type of
edible mushroom.
chanteur [Fr; fern, chanteuse], singer.
chantier [Can Fr], log hut; shack; yard; shipyard.
chapa [Sp], ornamental plate or shield, usually of silver, worn on the
sombrero: Mexico Ö* southwestern U.S.