feu de joie

/ French (fø də ʒwa) /

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noun plural feux de joie (fø)

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

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Word Origin for feu de joie

C18: literally: fire of joy

Words nearby feu de joie

feudalism, feudality, feudalize, feudal system, feudatory, feu de joie, feudist, Feuerbach, Feuillant, feuilleton, fever

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How to use feu de joie in a sentence

And the abb snapped both fingers and thumbs in a double-barrelled feu de joie.
The Isle of Unrest|Henry Seton Merriman
This was a noisy shot—a sort of a feu de joie, that inflicted no wound, and left no scar behind.
Byron|Richard Edgcumbe
A general feu-de-joie announced the first great success of the campaign; Mayence had been taken, with its garrison of 20,000 men.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844|Various
Our feu-de-joie was speedily explained, and the men flocked into the inn.
The Land of the Black Mountain|Reginald Wyon

The workers gather up what is left of the peeled stalks, and pile them upon the fire which blazes again into a feu de joie.
Burgundy: The Splendid Duchy|Percy Allen

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