Note 10 — DEUXIÈME ÉPISODE
Reading edition · Edition 2
43 12-13 bouchers: 'butchers.'--équarrisseurs: 'slaughterers.' Équarisseur, probably because of a falsely imputed connection with Latin equus, is ordinarily used to mean 'horse slaughterer,' 'knacker.' The root of the word is, however, Latin quadratus, French carré, and an équarisseur is properly 'one who cuts a beast into quarters,' one whose chief interest is in the by-products--hide, bones, fat, etc.