† french peiren.

Forms: 1500s french peire, 1600s 1800s french peere, 1800s french peir, 1800s french pierre.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French franche pere.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman franche pere freestone (see freestone n.; < franche , feminine of franc free (see frank adj.²) + pere stone: see pier n.²), with remodelling of the first element after French adj. Compare earlier franche pier n. at pier n.² and freestone n.

Obsolete. rare.

= freestone n.The term is used only in association with Durham Cathedral.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > freestone or building stone

Caen-stone1421

french peirec1620

Portland stone1633

grison stone1653

hazle1794

roach1911

c1620 in Rites Durham (1906) 7 The..high altar and St. Cuthberts feriture is all of french peere uerye curiously wrought.

c1625 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 5 The two dores in the said French Peire dores.

1840 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) I. 101 French Pierre, free-stone; or probably Caen-stone.

1879 M. E. C. Walcott Church Work Eng. Minsters I. iv. ii. 142 The reredos of` ‘French peere’ was made in London and brought in ship chests to Newcastle.., and was mainly the gift of John de Neville in 1380.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	french peire
释义	† french peiren. Forms: 1500s french peire, 1600s 1800s french peere, 1800s french peir, 1800s french pierre. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French franche pere. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman franche pere freestone (see freestone n.; < franche , feminine of franc free (see frank adj.²) + pere stone: see pier n.²), with remodelling of the first element after French adj. Compare earlier franche pier n. at pier n.² and freestone n. Obsolete. rare. = freestone n.The term is used only in association with Durham Cathedral. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > freestone or building stone Caen-stone1421 french peirec1620 Portland stone1633 grison stone1653 hazle1794 roach1911 c1620 in Rites Durham (1906) 7 The..high altar and St. Cuthberts feriture is all of french peere uerye curiously wrought. c1625 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 5 The two dores in the said French Peire dores. 1840 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) I. 101 French Pierre, free-stone; or probably Caen-stone. 1879 M. E. C. Walcott Church Work Eng. Minsters I. iv. ii. 142 The reredos of` ‘French peere’ was made in London and brought in ship chests to Newcastle.., and was mainly the gift of John de Neville in 1380. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1620
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