perrier

See also: Perrier

English

Etymology

Old French perriere, perrier, French perrière, pierrier. Compare pederero.

Noun

perrier (plural perriers)

  1. (military, historical) A short mortar used for throwing stone shot.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for perrier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Franco-Provençal

Noun

perrier ?

  1. scree

Old French

Noun

perrier m (oblique plural perriers, nominative singular perriers, nominative plural perrier)

  1. perrier (mortar)

Descendants
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