chene

Dans la foret lointaine, entends tu le cukoo, du haut de son grand chene, il repond au hibou.

three 2008

The thief left a note saying "ce chene est coupable."

Ineftitude: Getting in Touch with your Inner Lizard BikeSnobNYC 2009

I noticed the term "chene vert" for oaks was similar to a word I've been trying to puzzle out: Les Cheneaux there may be two "n's".

poesie - French Word-A-Day 2008

( "Et lui, chene vivant, par la hache insulte,/Tressaillant sous le spectre aux lugubres revanches,/Il regardait tomber autour de lui ses branches.")

Poetry Slam 2007

The Speaker is a symbol of our heritage of freedom and the storms of controversy cannot be allowed to supplant the sturdy chene with the pliant roseau, seemingly constructed especially for its own preservation.

Mr. Speaker 1956

The Princesse Elizabeth, and perhaps others of the royal prisoners, hoped he would have been reprieved, till Herbert, that real 'Pere du chene', with a smile upon his countenance, came triumphantly to announce to the disconsolate family that Louis was no more!

Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe — Complete Mme. Du Hausset

The Princesse Elizabeth, and perhaps others of the royal prisoners, hoped he would have been reprieved, till Herbert, that real 'Pere du chene', with a smile upon his countenance, came triumphantly to announce to the disconsolate family that Louis was no more!

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

The Princesse Elizabeth, and perhaps others of the royal prisoners, hoped he would have been reprieved, till Herbert, that real 'Pere du chene', with a smile upon his countenance, came triumphantly to announce to the disconsolate family that Louis was no more!

Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe — Volume 7 Mme. Du Hausset

I had staid at home, fearing that if I went out I should purchace some crepe de chene combinations I had been craving in a window, and besides thinking it possable that Tom would drop in to renew our relations of yesterday, not remembering that there was a Ball Game.

Bab: A Sub-Deb 1917

She chose her simplest gown, a soft creamy crepe de chene trimmed with lace, and made so as to show the superb modelling of her perfect body, leaving her arms bare to the elbow and falling away at the neck to reveal the soft, full curves where they flowed down to the swell of her bosom.

The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies Ralph Connor 1898