feu de joie
noun plural feux de joie (fø)
a salute of musketry fired successively by each man in turn along a line and back
Word Origin for feu de joie
C18: literally: fire of joy
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Historical Examples of feu de joie
The salute that announces our departure will be a 'feu-de-joie' to both of us.
Our feu-de-joie was speedily explained, and the men flocked into the inn.
The Land of the Black MountainReginald Wyon
Thirteen cannon came pealing up from Fort Putnam, which were followed by a feu-de-joie rolling along the lines.
The HudsonWallace Bruce
I thought it must either be a sort of feu-de-joie, or a funeral, and it turned out to be the latter.
Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle BrigadeWilliam Surtees
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 WoodburnAlfred Ollivant
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