¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gourdes
1. gourde [n] - See also: gourde
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gourdes
Literary usage of Gourdes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Palladius On husbondrie: From the unique ms. of about 1420 A.D. in by Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Barton Lodge, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1879)
"In gourdes this is goodly, that the longe gourdes growe of the necke seede, ...
288 gourdes for seede til Wynter honge stille; Hem then in sonne or smoke it ..."
2. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"other parts of the republic, but to every other country. The red varies in price
from sixteen to twenty-four gourdes per 110 Ibs. of Spain ..."
3. Russia Today by Clyde Lyndon King, Thomas Warner Mitchell, Carl Kelsey (1922)
"Sold to public at 89 (included 500000 gourdes set aside for the account of the
generals). Secured by 5 per cent of the gold surtax on imports. ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"The value of the gourdes fluctuated, during our residence in Hayti, ... it sells
at §100 to $108 (Haytian dollars or gourdes) the French hundred pounds: ..."
Other Resources:
