The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gaillard \Gail`lard"\, a. [F. See Galliard.]
Gay; brisk; merry; galliard.
--Chaucer.
Wikipedia
Gaillard is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Gaillard adjoins Geneva on the Swiss border. The biggest border crossing is called Moillesulaz and the second one is Fossard.
Gaillards is a naval term for the forecastle and quarterdeck (together) on a sailing warship.
Gaillard may also refer to:
Usage examples of "gaillard".
The talk at Gaillard was of battles and hostages, taxes and levies, of ransom, of the famine and hard times that war had brought to the provinces of the Angevins, and, more than all, of the persistent treachery and menace of the Franks As the castle uplifted its mass against the sky, Plantagenet policy with respect to this menace took shape and became mamfest.
Richard, though unprepared for assault in that quarter, set forth from Gaillard with boldness and all speed.
Cardinal Peter of Capua arrived in France about Christmas time in 1197 and, after a brief sojourn in the capital of the Capets, procured a parley of the kings at a place on the Seine between Gaillard and Vernon.
Bishop of Beauvais, whom Mercadier had dragged to Gaillard with other Frankish prisoners in the recent campaigns.
But Richard arrived with his delegation from Gaillard in a barge and did not land.
Blanche, in custody of the Archbishop of Bordeaux, was dispatched to John, who entertained her with her escort at Gaillard until the Capets could be satisfied of Plantagenet good faith and affirm their acceptance of the princess that Eleanor had fetched from beyond the Pyrenees.
Jean-Charles Gaillard has never had any trouble with the Bar Association?
Jean-Charles Gaillard of having strangled the puny proprietor of the Lotus and the other night clubs.
That morning he had decided to go to the registry and obtain a list of the clients whom Jean-Charles Gaillard had represented in court.
I should like you to go to the court registry first thing on Monday morning, and get hold of the list of cases in which Jean-Charles Gaillard has appeared.
Jean-Charles Gaillard wondering why the Chief Superintendent was keeping close to him?
As for Jean-Charles Gaillard, he led the Chief Superintendent to the front hall.
Maigret turned around, Gaillard was still standing at the door, following him with his eyes.
Jean-Charles Gaillard, though admittedly he had been as cautious as possible.
I mentioned the name of Jean-Charles Gaillard, he gave a peculiar smile.