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pisé
[ pee-zey ]
pisé
/ ˈpiːzeɪ /
noun
- rammed earth or clay used to make floors or walls Also calledpisé de terre
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pisé1
1790–1800; < French, noun use of past participle of piser to beat down (earth) < Latin pīsāre, pīnsere to pound, stamp down
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pisé1
C18: French, from past participle of piser, from Latin pisare to beat, pound
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Example Sentences
The Egyptians do not seem to have been acquainted with concrete proper, and unburnt bricks did not differ essentially from pisé.
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But we have no evidence that the Egyptians could carry the art of construction to this point in pisé.
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It would have been impossible to preserve them in the soft paste, the kind of pisé, we have described.
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On the other hand if we assume that vaults of pisé were the chosen coverings, all the rest follows easily.
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The crude brick of Nineveh and its neighbourhood was used while damp, and, when put in place, did not greatly differ from pisé.
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