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Perche

[ pairsh; French persh ]

noun

  1. a former division of N France.


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The Count of Perche was slain by a sword-thrust through the eyehole of his helmet.

He was as good as his word, when, on ascending the throne of Brittany, the Earl of Perche became his vassal.

A halt under the rain and quarters at Sivry-la-Perche, in a barn with green doors like all those on the Meuse.

On the Beauport coast might be seen the residences of many of the settlers who arrived from the province of Perche in 1634.

The forests in Le Perche are reckoned the most extensive in France, and every where abound with vast quantities of game.

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