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Well, Atomica told me that surely I meant cam or bouse. Here's what it has for bouse:
bouse also bowse (bouz) .
v. Nautical., boused also bowsed., bous·ing bows·ing., bous·es bows·es.
v.tr.
To pull or hoist with a tackle.
v.intr.
To hoist.
[Origin unknown.]
I tried Google, and the couple of listings in French made me try a French dictionary; I'm afraid the on-line ones that I can find are not very comprehensive. I did find, however, cambuse: a) (Shipping) storeroom
(b) (Slang) pad; quelle ~! what a dump!, what a (complete) dive!
I also found a link to a picture of someone cooking, titled (in French) 'Zort in his cambouse'.
http://groups.msn.com/weekendscoliens/wequimousse1.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3265
Not a great deal of help, I'm afraid. I hope the Word Master responds to the challenge. :-)
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