Pierrefonds

[ pyer-fawn ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

Her latest excursion, via laptop, took her to a number of castles, from the Château de Pierrefonds in the Oise, in northern France, to Miramare Castle in Italy.

From Washington Post

Even though the genial, bearlike Porthos has inherited enormous wealth, his vanity yearns to add Baron to the name Porthos du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds.

From Washington Post

In September 2016, they stepped into a rink in the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds and competed for the first time in two-and-a-half years at the Skate Canada Autumn Classic.

From The Guardian

They all followed the king to Pierrefonds and then to Compiègne.

From Project Gutenberg

Chambord is bare and suggestive of the tomb, in spite of the splendour of its outline and proportions; Pierrefonds, in the north, is more so, and so would be Blois except for its restored or imitation decorations; but here at Chenonceaux all is different, and187 breathes the spirit of other days as well as that of to-day.

From Project Gutenberg