bergerie

[ ber-zhuh-ree ]

noun

, Canadian French.

, plural ber·ge·ries [be, r, -zh, uh, -, ree].

1. a farm, country estate, or other rural retreat maintained by a wealthy owner as a facility for rest and recreation.

Example Sentences

I suspect him at present of a thought that M. de la Bergerie, with his pious commonplaces, is likely to do no good.

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The attack was directed against the defences that covered Versailles from the side of La Bergerie.

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Quai de Bercy, records by its name the bergerie, in old French bercil, here in long-gone days.

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Enfermer le loup dans la bergerie—To shut up the wolf in the sheepfold; to patch up a wound or a disease.

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About 3,500 metres from that fort there is a very awkward plateau called La Bergerie.

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