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Webster 1913 Edition


Perrier

Per′ri-er

,
Noun.
[OF.
perriere
,
perrier
, F.
perrier
. Cf.
Pederero
.]
(Mil.)
A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.
Hakluyt.

Definition 2024


perrier

perrier

English

Noun

perrier (plural perriers)

  1. (military, historical) A short mortar used for throwing stone shot.
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Franco-Provençal

Noun

perrier ?

  1. scree

Old French

Noun

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

  1. perrier (mortar)

Descendants

  • English: perrier (borrowed)
  • French: pierrier