écore
French
Etymology
From Old French escore, from Middle Dutch schore (“shore”).
Noun
écore f (plural écores)
- (Louisiana) bank, shore, escarpment
- Unknown, Unknown (lyrics and music), “J'ai marie un ouvrier”:
- O viens-t'en donc, c'est avec moi / Dessus l'écore du Tennessee.
- Oh, come away with me / On the banks of the Tennessee.
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- Alternative form of accore
References
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
Further reading
- “écore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.