pisé
English
Etymology
French pisé, from piser (“to stamp, pound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pisé (plural pisés)
- (architecture) A kind of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between moulds which are carried up as the wall rises.
- 1854, C. Bruce Allen, Cottage Building:
- The above method of forming Pisé walling is different from the mode of building common in Devonshire and the West of England
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Franco-Provençal (Lyonnais) pisé, past participle of piser.
Pronunciation
Noun
pisé m (plural pisés)
Further reading
- “pisé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
pisé
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