POT-AU-FEU • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Pot-au-feu

... down—utterly exhausted and worn out—in the settle by the fireplace; and fell into a half doze, while the woman lit a bright fire on the hearth. In a few minutes she had drawn some liquor from the pot-au-feu—the soup pot—which stands by the fireside of every French peasant, however poor; and into which all the odds and ends of the household are thrown. This liquor she put into a smaller pot; broke some ...

— The Young Franc Tireurs - And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War • G. A. Henty