Any of the inclined louvre-boards, covered with lead or slates, attached to the timberwork of belfries, to protect the bells and bell-frames from the weather and to deflect the sound downwards.
a diminution of physical or moral strength; dejection; exhaustion; despondency; a type of allowance or tax deduction; a discount; obsolete form of abattage
abattoir, slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered); abattoir, slaughterhouse (place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed)
to butcher; to slaughter for meat; to shoot dead; to cut down (a tree); to destroy or demolish (a wall); to fall down, especially of tall things, such as trees
a movement of the boat that brings it closer to tailwind; a sudden nosedive of an aircraft due to a speed loss; a movement of the wing that brings it down toward the front of the pilot at a more or less pronounced angle
an abbot, the head of an abbey; a low-ranking member of the Roman Catholic clergy in France who is not a member of a religious order, is not a priest, and can marry and inherit property; an honorific title for such a clergymember