charbon

English

Etymology

French

Noun

charbon (plural charbons)

1. A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
2. A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

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Etymology

Latin carbō (“coal”).

Noun

charbon m (plural charbons)

1. coal
2. anthrax

Derived terms

• aller au charbon
• charbon de bois
• charbonnier
• charbonneux
• charbonnerie
• charbonnière
• charbonner