Middle French

Noun

escarmuche f (plural escarmuches)

1. scuffle (chaotic fight)

Descendants

• French: escarmouche

Norman

Etymology

From Old French escharmuche ‎(“skirmish”), from Italian scaramuccia ‎(“skirmish”), from Lombardic *skirmjan or Frankish *skirmijan, from Proto-Germanic *skirmijaną ‎(“to shelter”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‎(“to cut”).

Noun

escarmuche f ‎(plural escarmuches)

1. (Jersey) punch-up