côteau

See also: coteau

English

Etymology

From French côteau.

Noun

côteau (plural côteaux)

1. Rare form of coteau.
   • 1842, A[lexander] Taylor, On the Curative Influence of the Climate of Pau, and the Mineral Waters of the Pyrenees, on Disease. […], London: John W. Parker, […], page 334:

     In every direction along the côteaux which skirt this beautiful drive, we find country-houses, whose situations are judiciously chosen in reference to the views and freedom from atmospheric inconveniences.

   • 1858 February 22, G. F. Baillargé, “I.”, in General Report of the Commissioners of Public Works, for the Year Ending 31st December, 1857: Furnished in Compliance with the Provisions of the Act, 9 Vict. Cap. 7, Toronto, Ont.: John Lovell, […], page 74:

     […] thence, at fourteen miles from the St. Lawrence it reaches the Kempt Road near the sixteenth mile post, after traversing a series of côteaux of gentle acclivity, excepting that nearest to Paquet’s Brook, which is objectionable on account of its steepness, but could not be avoided; […]

   • 1876, [Maria M. Grant], “One Word—Farewell”, in The Sun-Maid. A Romance., volume III, London: Richard Bentley and Son, […], page 53:

     The côteaux lay smiling in the dewy sparkle of the morning sunshine, and all glad and beautiful with the coming spring.