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Definition of Gerbes
1. gerbe [n] - See also: gerbe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerbes
Literary usage of Gerbes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology; Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to the Arts and by Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Henry Watts, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1865)
"Iron Case gerbes. Before putting any composition into these cases, first line
them with ... These gerbes require very solid charging with a heavy mallet, ..."
2. The Pyrotechnist's Companion: Or, A Familiar System of Recreative Fireworks by G. W. Mortimer (1852)
"9. n In ramming large gerbes, an external mould will not be requisite, the cases
being sufficiently strong to support themselves. SMALL gerbes. ..."
3. The facts of life: (Les Faits de la vie)...Part I-II by Victor Bétis, Howard Swan (1904)
"16 Ensuite on charge les gerbes sur des charrettes, 17 les charrettes emportent
les gerbes à la ferme, 18 on serre ces gerbes dans une grange, ..."
4. Conversational French: A Reader for Beginners by Henry Bierman, Colman Dudley Frank (1921)
"6 Le temps de la moisson venu, ils lient leurs gerbes. ... Allons, je vais .
prendre à* mon tas quelques gerbes que j'ajouterai secrètement aux siennes. ..."
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