Plains of Abraham

American  

noun

1. a high plain adjoining the city of Quebec, Canada: battlefield where the English under Wolfe defeated the French under Montcalm in 1759.

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Plains of Abraham British  

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a field in E Canada between Quebec City and the St Lawrence River: site of an important British victory (1759) in the Seven Years' War, which cost the French their possession of Canada

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Example Sentences

But on Wednesday, the bracing smell of sage, a sacred ingredient used in Indigenous spiritual ceremonies, cut through the air in the Plains of Abraham park and the mood was more restrained as thousands of spectators awaited the arrival of Pope Francis.

From New York Times

The speeches were broadcast on jumbo screens at the Plains of Abraham, following a few hours of live Christian music and Indigenous cultural performances, and a ceremony to welcome a delegation of Indigenous people who had walked 170 miles as part of a healing march.

From New York Times

That may have contributed to the somewhat sparse crowd on Thursday morning at the Plains of Abraham, where people gathered to pray, receive communion and watch a broadcast of Pope Francis’s mass at the national shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré, a short drive northeast of Quebec City.

From New York Times

More walking — a self-guided Lonely Planet tour of the old city’s promontories, including the Plains of Abraham, site of the consequential battle that led to the British control of Canada — and more eating, this time at traditional French and Canadian restaurants with outdoor seating.

From Washington Post

So, instead, I prefer to unfold my well-used street map of Old Quebec City, where my mind’s eye can see in reawakened soft focus the blizzardlike conditions blurring the groomed trails on the Plains of Abraham.

From Washington Post