carreau.
square (as a geometrical shape)
Meaning & usage
square (as a geometrical shape)
diamonds (card suit)
tile (compare with carrelage, meaning tiles or tiling)
windowpane
bolt (crossbow projectile)
a unit of land, 100 square pas (where a pas is 3.5 French feet or pieds): roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres
plot, patch (of land, of cloth)
eyeglasses
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus from Classical Latin quadrus. Compare Italian quadrello, Spanish cuadrillo.
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