branle-bas
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
branle-bas m (plural branle-bas)
- (archaic) the taking down of hammocks in a ship
- branle-bas de combat ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (idiomatic) commotion; hoo-ha
Further reading edit
- “branle-bas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.