The Collaborative International Dictionary
Montoir \Mon`toir"\, n. [F., fr. monter to mount. See Montant.] A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.
Wiktionary
n. A stone used in mounting a horse.
Usage examples of "montoir".
Alexandre-Honore, with Montoir the wheelwright, at Saint-Pierre, near Rougemont, in Calvados.
When she heard Mathieu speak of the hamlet of Saint-Pierre, of Montoir the wheelwright, and of Alexandre-Honore, now fifteen, who must be in apprenticeship there, she evinced great surprise.
I mean that he ran away, and this time it is quite certain that he has left the district, for he disappeared with three hundred francs belonging to Montoir, his master.
The alert had certainly come from the inquiry intrusted to the nurse-agent at Rougemont, that visit which she had made to the hamlet of Saint-Pierre in quest of information respecting the lad who was supposed to be in apprenticeship with Montoir the wheelwright.
He drew now upon that gift of his, represented himself as a mariner from Montoir, and told a harrowing tale of shipwreck.
It has planned and constructed the many projects required, the most important of which are the new wharves at Bordeaux and Nantes, and the immense storage depots at La Pallice, Montoir, and Gievres, besides innumerable hospitals and barracks in various ports of France.