La chouette est un oiseau nocturne de l'ordre des rapaces.

La chouette effraie niche dans les clochers, les vieilles granges, les
ruines et dans les troncs d'arbre.

TThe owl, that elegant fowl. Who gives a hoot.

Also, a method of scoring my means of which more than two persons can participate in a
two handed game (such as backgammon) one players accepting the bets of all other players
on the result of a game between himself or herself and one other active player.