échassier
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
échassier m (plural échassiers)
- stiltwalker
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis, archived from the original on 27 May 2019:
- Un monsieur, qui avait une barbiche blanche et un chapeau sur les yeux, regardait aussi cette femme. Il était arrêté. Le poids de son corps portait tantôt sur une jambe, tantôt sur l’autre, comme celui d’un échassier.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- any of a number of wading birds. (Note that this does not always directly correspond to English wading bird.)
Further reading
- “échassier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.