pisé

/piːˈzeɪ/

noun

A kind of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between moulds which are carried up as the wall rises.

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Meanings

nounpisé (plural pisés)

plural pisés

  1. architectureA kind of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between moulds which are carried up as the wall rises.

    The above method of forming Pisé walling is different from the mode of building common in Devonshire and the West of England

    1854, C. Bruce Allen, Cottage Building

Origin

  1. Frenchpisé
  2. Englishpisé

From French pisé, from piser (“to stamp, pound”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Chicago

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