Sling

"Sling" in French

bandoulière

(strap attached to a firearm)

bricole

(instrument for throwing — see also slingshot)

fronde

(instrument for throwing — see also slingshot)

hauban

(rope or iron securing a yard to a mast)

jet

(the act of hurling as with a sling)

écharpe

(bandage)

élingue

(rope or chain arrangement)

bicraver

(to sell with the frequent implication of illegality or similarly pressured)

fourguer

(to sell with the frequent implication of illegality or similarly pressured)

lancer

(to throw)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.