‖ portefeuille
(pɔrtfœj)
[F., f. porte- + feuille leaf, sheet; cf. portfolio.]
1. = portfolio 1.
| 1699 M. Lister Journ. Paris 92 He shewed his Portefeuilles in Folio, of Red Spanish Leather finely adorned. 1768 in N. & Q. 10th Ser. VI. 466/1 Ninety-five capital drawings..in two Russia portefeuilles. 1815 F. Burney Diary (1846) VII. 227 Neither..were of any avail, till he condescended to search his portefeuille for a passport. |
2. = portfolio 2.
| 1792 Amer. St. Papers, Foreign (1832) I. 390 (Stanf.) The portefeuille was given to Monsieur Delessart. 1836 Lady H. Stanhope Mem. (1845) I. x. 369 It was not Napoleon that he was so much attached to; it was to him who had the portefeuille. |