A Pattern Regiment, a phrase of distinction, which is applied to a corps of officers and soldiers, who are remarkable for their observance of good order and discipline.
PATURE, Fr. See [Forage].
Patureur, Fr. Forager, one who goes on a foraging party.
PAVALUNGE, Ind. the name of a year.
PAUDSHAU, Ind. King.
PAVESSADES, Fr. large portable hurdles, behind which the archers and bowmen were formerly posted. According to Froissart, these hurdles were used long before the reign of Philip Augustus, king of France. Father Daniel, the Jesuit, in his Histoire de la Milice Francoise, describes them as bearing the figure of a shield; but the chevalier Folard, in his Commentaire sur Polybe, informs us, that they were mantlets which were disposed in parallel or oblique lines, from the camp to the nearest works belonging to the Corps de Place, behind which the soldiers and artificers, &c. could in safety, make a small fosse or ditch that was sufficiently deep to preserve them strait and firm. Hurdles, constructed in this manner, were used during the operations of a regular siege; but when it was found expedient to insult a place, those of less dimension were adopted. Father Daniel describes the Retranchment Portatif, which was used many centuries before the days of Philip Augustus, under the latter head.
PAVILION, in military affairs. See [Tent].
PAVILLON, Fr. See [Tent].
Pavillon, Fr. Flag, standard, or colors.
Vaisser le PAVILLON, Fr. to strike, to yield.