birch

bouleau

Arbre ou arbuste dont l’écorce fine, souvent claire, se détache en couches.

En anglais simple : A tree or bush with thin, often pale bark that comes off in layers.

• A birch grows beside the lake.
• The birches have pale bark.
• She planted a young birch in the garden.

Expressions courantes : silver birch, birch tree, birch bark

verge de bouleau

Bâton ou faisceau de fines branches de bouleau utilisé pour frapper quelqu’un en guise de punition.

En anglais simple : A stick or bundle of thin branches used to hit someone as a punishment.

• The guard carried a birch.
• Prisoners feared punishment with the birch.
• The museum displays birches once used in schools.

Synonymes : rod, switch

Expressions courantes : use the birch, punishment with birch, birch rod

canoë en écorce de bouleau

Petit bateau léger fabriqué avec de l’écorce de bouleau.

En anglais simple : A small, light boat made using tree bark.

• They crossed the lake in a birch.
• He carried his birch to the river.
• Two birches rested on the shore.

Synonymes : birch-bark canoe

Expressions courantes : paddle a birch, birch canoe

fouetter

Punir quelqu’un en le frappant avec un bâton ou un faisceau de fines branches.

En anglais simple : To punish someone by hitting them with a stick or bundle of thin branches.

• The guards threatened to birch him.
• Boys were once birched for breaking school rules.
• The court ordered that the prisoner be birched.

Synonymes : beat, flog

Expressions courantes : birch someone, birch a prisoner