piedfort

noun

pied·​fort

variants or piefort

pē¦ā¦fȯ(ə)r,

(ˈ)pyā-

plural -s

: a coin struck on an unusually thick flan (such as some patterns and multiple coins of France, Bohemia, and the Low Countries)

Word History

Etymology

French pied-fort, from pied foot (from Latin ped-, pes) + fort strong, from Latin fortis

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