Definition of "terre" []

• Same as tar.
• To strike to the earth.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Monday, October 20, 2008 at 04: 07 PM tourner autour du pot - to beat around the bush payer les pots cassés - to pick up the pieces un pot de terre contre un pot de fer - someone weak up against someone strong (the pot de terre is a clay pot, against an iron pot, un pot de fer)"
• "This little pied-à-terre is worth something in the region of £500,000 according to the newspapers."
• "Rustic homes and stone cabanos are sprinkled across the hillside with terraces of their own, in terre cuite* and iron, covered with bright red bougainvillea, periwinkle-blue liseron* and other colorful and climbing flowers."