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Amarrages - Hangers
Antre - Den or lair
Arroses - Takes water (from arroser)
Bas - Low or bottom
Canot - Small boat
Cascade - Waterfall or stream
Cave - Cellar
Cavité - Cave
Chemin - Path
Corde - Rope
Courant - Current (as in courant d’air soufflant, a draught)
Crue, en - In flood
Cuve - Vat or tank
Dessus - On top of
Ebouleuse - Fallen rocks (from éboulis)
Emprunter - Borrow
Etroiture - Constriction (from étroit)
Face, en - Opposite
Fond, au - At the bottom of
Fond, 6m de - 6m down
Gallerie - Gallery
Glaciére - Ice cave (translates as "icebox"!)
Gouffre - Large cave (translates as "abyss"!)
Gour
Grotte - Small cave
Lapiaz - Limestone pavement
Plonger - (verb) to dive!
Puits - Shaft or pitch
Reapparition - Resurgence
Réseau - Network
Salle - Chamber (normally a large one)
Scialet - Vertical pothole
Sentier - Path
Siphon - Sump
Tronçons - Pieces
Vers, mène - Leads to
Vire - Turn
Last updated: 5-August-1998 by Steve King, s.m.king@rl.ac.uk