chasse-marée

noun

chasse-ma·​rée

¦shasmə¦rā

plural -s

: a French coasting lugger

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, tide-chaser, from chasser to chase + marée tide, from Old French, from mer sea, from Latin mare

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