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pissoir - What does it mean?

Definition of 'pissoir'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A public urinal typically found in European, especially French, streets.
  • To tackle the problem of street urination, Parisian authorities introduced the pissoir

    References

    * 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised) , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572 * 1999, Ed. Jennifer Speake, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0425169952 * ----