Question 1

Where does the French word "écoutière" come from?

Accepted Answer

evidently created as a derivative of écoute, the name of a rope in sailing ships.

Question 2

What is the definition of the French word "écoutière"?

Accepted Answer

Unknown word in nautical vocabulary, which Jean Giraudoux whimsically coined to designate a part of a ship's rigging, without further defining it, but which is evidently different from the ramat, another arbitrary formation by the same author, belonging to the same vocabulary and no less imprecise: these two words, used only once and in the same sentence, were created to suggest the two distinct places on their ships where, according to their peaceful or warlike intentions, the Greeks hoisted their flag.

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