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corbeil, corbeille [ˈkɔːbəl (French) kɔrbɛj] n (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect a carved ornament in the form of a basket of fruit, flowers, etc. [from French corbeille basket, from Late Latin corbicula a little basket, from Latin corbis basket] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Finally, we have waited in a roadside inn, not far from the gate of the chateau, for the departure of Monsieur de Marquet, the magistrate of Corbeil. That was the reason why I left my Chateau du Vallon near Corbeil, and came to my estate, Bracieux. In the first place, very good wages, to which were attached, and from which hung, like extra bunches of grapes on his vine, the revenues of the civil and criminal registries of the provostship, plus the civil and criminal revenues of the tribunals of Embas of the Châtelet, without reckoning some little toll from the bridges of Mantes and of Corbeil, and the profits on the craft of Shagreen-makers of Paris, on the corders of firewood and the measurers of salt. |
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