Pierrefonds

American  

[pyer-fawn] / pyɛrˈfɔ̃ /

noun

1. a former city in S Quebec, Canada, now part of Montreal.

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Example Sentences

What I regret is certainly not the more or less amusement we can find at Belle-Isle: what I regret, Aramis, is Pierrefonds; Bracieux; le Vallon; beautiful France!

From The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas père, Alexandre

For forty years Saint Germain has been in a state of restoration, and like the restoration of Pierrefonds it has swallowed up fantastic sums.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche

"At Pierrefonds; where is that, M. de Valon—near Belle-Isle?"

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre

Still farther to the southward of Calais is the feudal Castle of Pierrefonds, so beloved of Porthos in “Vingt Ans Après.”

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

"Monsieur le Baron de Valon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds," added Planchet.

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre