feu de joie
See also: feu-de-joie
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French feu de joie (literally “fire of joy”).
Noun
feu de joie (plural feux de joie)
- (obsolete) A bonfire.
- A celebratory salute made by firing guns into the air sequentially along a line.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 60:
- while Platte was rolling over and over on the turf, like a shot rabbit, the watch and guard flew from his waistcoat—as an Infantry Major's sword hops out of the scabbard when they are firing a feu-de-joie
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 60:
French
Noun
feu de joie m (plural feux de joie)