Definition of Pistolet

1. n. A small pistol.

Definition of Pistolet

1. a pistol [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistolet

pistol-shot sound
pistol-whip
pistol-whipping
pistol grip
pistol grips
pistol shrimp
pistolade
pistolades
pistole
pistoled
pistoleer
pistoleers
pistolero
pistoleros
pistoles
pistolet (current term)
pistolets
pistolier
pistoliers
pistoling
pistolled
pistolling
pistols
pistols at dawn
piston
piston chamber
piston engine
piston engines
piston pulse
piston ring

Literary usage of Pistolet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"[pistolet, a large bay at the n. end of Newfoundland, setting up from the Straits of Bellisle. Its то. side is formed by Cape Norman, and its e. point by ..."

2. Handbook of Painting: German, Fleming, and Dutch Schools by Sir Joseph Archer Crowe, Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Franz Kugler (1898)
"... and the celebrated picture, " Le Coup de pistolet," which in composition, as in delicate handling, is one of the finest of his works. ..."

3. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"To be within pistol-shot, être u portée du pistolet. To PISTOL, vn tirer un pistolet. (Infighting), faire le coup de pistolet. PISTOLE, ». ..."

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