bar-le-duc

or Bar-le-Duc

[ bahr-luh-dook ]

noun

1. a preserve made from gooseberries or white or red currants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bar-le-duc¹

For Bar-le-Duc, France

Example Sentences

These include a Roman aqueduct near Lyon; a fort on the Glenan islands off Brittany; a 19th century villa west of Paris; an industrial-era railway roundhouse; a theatre in the eastern town of Bar-le-Duc; and various chateaux and stately homes.

From BBC

His plot begins in 1950 in Santa Monica, Calif., moves a few pages later to Bar-le-Duc, France, in 1915, then takes a deep breath and jumps to Verdun in 1921.

From New York Times

Corinne Francois, 52, who works as a designer in Bar-Le-Duc, 40 km north of Bure, opposed the project from the outset in the early 1990s.

From Scientific American

"In Lorraine," I repeated, "and at Bar-le-Duc."

From Project Gutenberg

"Besides," I added, with a laugh, "I ride to Bar-le-Duc, is it not so?" and I allowed him to continue with me, bethinking me at the same time that I might inform myself the sooner concerning Blackladies and the politics of the county.

From Project Gutenberg