feu de joie

/ French (fø də ʒwa) /

noun plural feux de joie (fø)

a salute of musketry fired successively by each man in turn along a line and back

RELATED WORDS

conflagration, beacon, pyre

Nearby words

fettuccini, fettucine, fetus, fetus papyraceus, feu, feu de joie, feuar, feuchtwanger, feuchtwanger, lion, feud, feudal

Word Origin for feu de joie

C18: literally: fire of joy

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Examples from the Web for feu de joie

The crowd, which had been popping off its feu-de-joie of jokes, steadied into silence to watch the old man climb to his seat.
Boy Woodburn|Alfred Ollivant
The same evening they witnessed at Cologne an illumination and pyrotechnic display which turned the Rhine into a feu-de-joie.
The Public Life of Queen Victoria|John McGilchrist
Our feu-de-joie was speedily explained, and the men flocked into the inn.
The Land of the Black Mountain|Reginald Wyon
Thirteen cannon came pealing up from Fort Putnam, which were followed by a feu-de-joie rolling along the lines.
The Hudson|Wallace Bruce

The salute that announces our departure will be a 'feu-de-joie' to both of us.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I|Various