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Definition of Piedmont

1. Noun. The plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama.

2. Noun. A gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land.

3. Noun. The region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley.

Definition of Piedmont

1. a. Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.

Definition of Piedmont

1. Proper noun. Region in the north of Italy. ¹

2. Noun. Any region of foothills of a mountain range. ¹

3. Adjective. Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Piedmont

1. an area lying at the foot of a mountain [n -S]

Medical Definition of Piedmont

1. Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain. Origin: F. Pied foot + mont mountain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piedmont

piecing piecings piecrust piecrusts pied pied-a-terre pied-billed grebe pied lemming pied piper pied wagtail

pied wagtails piedfort piedforts piedish piedishes piedmont (current term) piedmont fracture piedmontite piedmontites piedmonts

piedness piedouche piedouches piedra nostras pieds-a-terre pieds terminaux piedstall pieface piefaced

Literary usage of Piedmont

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

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"Action by RL Proctor against the piedmont Portland Cement & Lime Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed. ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Of these Franco-Italian provinces, piedmont was the earliest specimen. ... But as a gaudy fly thrown to attract the nobility of piedmont and Liguria (for ..."

3. Europe Since 1815 by Charles Downer Hazen (1910)
"Cavour , seeks a military ally. vara, that if piedmont would " gather to itself all ... To accomplish this, he now said, " piedmont must begin by raising ..."

4. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"East of Catoctin Mountain the piedmont Plateau is developed in the main on Newark ... piedmont PLATEAU The piedmont Plateau extends southwestward from ..."

5. A History of Italian Unity: Being a Political History of Italy from 1814 to 1871 by Bolton King (1912)
"Gallant little piedmont" had become the cynosure of Europe. ... In piedmont itself a proud consciousness of deserved success had made Novara half-forgotten. ..."

6. Art in Northern Italy by Corrado Ricci (1911)
"CHAPTER XVI ART IN piedmont UP TO THE END OF THE RENAISSANCE Roman Remains in piedmont.—Architectural Activity in the Eleventh Century—Cathedrals of Casale, ..."

7. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"THE EASTERN PINE BELT OF THE piedmont PLATEAU The forest belt lying to the eastward with the woods composed of broad-leaf trees and pine can be separated ..."

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