P A U ( cos' ) p A V
PATRONNE, galere patronne, Fr.The galley which was second in rank atMarseilles was so called.
PATROUILLE, Fr. See Patron.
PATROUILLEUllS des deux cotes,Fr. flankers, or patroles detached oneach side oi' a column, battalion, &c. toprevent surprizes.
PATTE, Fr. a term used in mining.When a well or excavation is made inloose or crumbling earth, and it becomesnecessary to frame it in, the rafters musthe laid horizontally to support the boardsin proportion as the workmen gaindepth. The ends of the rafters that arefirst laid, run ten or twelve inches be-yond the borders of the well, for thepurpose of sustaining the platform..—These supports are called oreitlcs; con-sequently, that every subsequent framemay be supported, the second is attach-ed or made firm to the first, by meansof the ends of boards which are nailedtogether. In this manner the third isjoined to the second, and the fourth tothe third. These ends are called pattes,or handles.
Patte d’oie, Fr. a term used inmining to describe three small brancheswhich are practised, or run out, at theextremity of a gallery. They are socalled from their resemblance to thefoot of a goose.
Patte d’oie de pave, Fr. a curb stone,or any extremity of pavement whichruns sloping towards the gutter.
PATTERN, (echantillon. Fr.) a partshewn as a sample for the rest.
A Pattern regiment, a phrase ofdistinction, which is applied to a corpsof officers and soldiers, who are remark-able for their observance of good order,.and discipline.
PATUREUR, Fr. forager, one whogoes on a foraging party.
PATUREURS, Fr. men who takeC heir horses to grass, or go for greenforage.
PAU, Fr. When the Mogul-Tartarsconquered the northern part of China ,in the year 1232, they are said to haveinvariably used at the several sieges, abattering or propellant machine of thisname. There were two sorts: oneserved to throw large stones, and wascalled che-pau, or stone-pau; and theother ha-pau, or fire-pau, FatherGaubil,the jesuit and missionary in China ,
[seems at a loss to determine whetherthese paus were real pieces of ordnance,similar to those used in Europe , ormerely stone mortars: yet he appearssatisfied, that the Chinese knew the useof gunpowder 1300 years before it wasdiscovered in Europe . They had atfirst pieces of hollow wood in the shapeof cannon, out of which they shotstones. Father Gaubil says, “ I haveread in several authors, that the Chinese made use of gunpowder from time im-memorial; and as the faculty of inven-tion has never been called in questionwith respect to the Chinese , it is notimprobable, that the Europeans shouldhave taken advantage of their discovery,and acted upon it.”
PAVAIS, or pavacke, or tatlcvas, alarge shield, or rather a portable mantletcapable of covering a man from head tofoot; and probably of sufficient thick-ness to resist the missive weapons ofold times.
PAVACHE,coverings or large shieldssupported by props; they were alsoused at sea to defend the sides of thevessels, like the present netting of ourships of war. This defence was called apavisade. The pavais were rectangularat the top, the sides consequently parallel,hut the angles were rounded off at thebottom.
PA VISORS, men who carried thePavais as a weapon of defence. In thelist of the army that accompanied king Edward III . to Calais, we find manyParisors; these were probably mentrained to the use of the pavais, whichmust have required dexterity as well ascourage.
PAVALUNGE, Ind. the name of ayear.
PAUDSHAU, Ind. king.
PAVE, Fr. Under this word arecomprehended not only the pavementand road upon which we tread, but alsothe materials which compose andstrengthen it, such as flint, gravel,pounded stone, die.
Etre sur le Pav£, Fr. a figurative ex-pression, signifying, to be out of em-ployment.
PavI: de gres, Fr. a pavement whichis made of large free-stones of a givendimension, with which the high roads,Arc. are paved in France , and in othercountries upon the continent.
Pave fendu, Fr. a pavement made