feu de joie

plural feux de joie · alternative feu-de-joie

1. obsoleteA bonfire.
2. A celebratory salute made by firing guns into the air sequentially along a line.

   while Platte was rolling over and over on the turf, like a shot rabbit, the watch and guard flew from his waistcoat—as an Infantry Major's sword hops out of the scabbard when they are firing a feu-de-joie

   1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Watches of the Night”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 60