“arriere”

The following 5 entries include the term arriere.

arrière-ban

noun

: a proclamation of a king (as of France) calling his vassals to arms

arrière-pensée

noun

: mental reservation

arriere fee

noun

: a fee or fief dependent on a fee : a fee held of a feudatory : subfief

arrière-voussure

noun

: an inner or rear arch in a thick wall that carries the inner part of that wall

en arrière

adverb (or adjective)

: from the back


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