name, noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A short mortar used for throwing stone shot. historical

   "FIrst there were sixe great gunnes, cannons perriers of brasse , that shot a stone of three foote and a halfe"

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Example

More examples

"FIrst there were sixe great gunnes, cannons perriers of brasse , that shot a stone of three foote and a halfe"

Etymology

Old French perriere, perrier, French perrière, pierrier. Compare pederero.

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