écore

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French escore, from Middle Dutch schore (“shore”).

Noun

écore f (plural écores)

1. (Louisiana) bank, shore, escarpment, bluff
   • 1988, “J'ai marié un ouvrier”, in Allons à Lafayette, performed by BeauSoleil:

     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.

2. 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.