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Definition of Esplanades
1. esplanade [n] - See also: esplanade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esplanades
Literary usage of Esplanades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hints on Landscape Gardening by Hermann Pückler-Muskau, Samuel Parsons, American Society of Landscape Architects (1917)
"Chapter XII "Earthworks and Esplanades THERE is not much to be said about this
subject, except that such works should be avoided as much as possible. ..."
2. Report and Accompanying Papers of the Commission Appointed by the President by Venezuelan Boundary Commission, United States (1896)
"... as well as to build new esplanades, as the old were useless, and for the same
reason a store for ammunitions, a drilling room, lodgings for the officers ..."
3. Documents Relating to the Question of Boundary Between Venezuela and British by Venezuela (1896)
"... as well as to build new esplanades, as the old were useless, and for the same
reason a store for ammunitions, a drilling room, lodgings for the officers ..."
4. The Voyage of François Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the by François Pyrard (1888)
"Between the town and the river are three large esplanades along the ... The first
of these esplanades one meets in arriving at the town from the west is the ..."
5. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1892)
"... toujours exposées à l'adoration des fidèles et si les esplanades en retrait
s'élevaient en talus avec une pente de quarante-sept degrés au lieu de murs ..."
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