verb/e.ku.le/
to sell off, to shift; to flow; to disband, to scatter; to pass, to elapse; to diminish, to dwindle away slowly
“Il eut beaucoup de peine à écouler sa marchandise.” — He had great difficulty selling off his merchandise.
From é- + couler, or possibly from Vulgar Latin *excolāre, from Latin cōlāre. Compare Italian scolare, Portuguese escoar, Spanish escolar, Sicilian sculari.