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Bois de brûler, or firewood was reckoned by the corde, which was a stack of wood, four feet wide, four feet deep and four feet high and eight feet long, similar to the English cord, but reckoned in French pieds du roi, which made a corde française, 6.575 percent larger in each of its three linear dimensions; thus 21.05034 percent larger in cubic volume than an English cord.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Bois de brûler, or firewood was reckoned by the corde, which was a stack of wood, four feet wide, four feet deep and four feet high and eight feet long, similar to the English cord, but reckoned in French pieds du roi, which made a corde française, 6.575 percent larger in each of its three linear dimensions; thus 21.05034 percent larger in cubic volume than an English cord.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The French call a particular plant fungus the pourriture noble, or “noble rot,” for its influence on the character of certain wines, and the Surrealist poet Leon-Paul Fargue is said to have honored Camembert cheese with the title les pieds de Dieu—the feet of God.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

The French call a particular plant fungus the pourriture noble, or “noble rot,” for its influence on the character of certain wines, and the Surrealist poet Leon-Paul Fargue is said to have honored Camembert cheese with the title les pieds de Dieu—the feet of God.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Over 1 million French citizens living in Algeria at the time, called the pieds-noirs (black feet), left Algeria for France.

unknown title 2009

The history of French Algeria is further complicated by the fact that the country was also home to several million European settlers known as pieds noirs.

The Guardian World News Andrew Hussey 2009

Over 1 million French citizens living in Algeria at the time, called the pieds-noirs (black feet), left Algeria for France.

unknown title 2009

The history of French Algeria is further complicated by the fact that the country was also home to several million European settlers known as pieds noirs.

The Guardian World News 2009

Over 1 million French citizens living in Algeria at the time, called the pieds-noirs (black feet), left Algeria for France.

unknown title 2009

Over 1 million French citizens living in Algeria at the time, called the pieds-noirs (black feet), left Algeria for France.

unknown title 2009