paddock an enclosure at a racetrack, where horses are saddled.
Palermo a seaport and the capital of Sicily, on the north coast.
Pallanza a town on the shore of Lake Maggiore.
Pallanza town on Lake Maggiore.
pari-mutuel a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
pas encore (French) not really.
pasta asciutta (Italian) dry pasta.
petcock a small faucet or valve.
Piacenza commune in north Italy, in Emilia-Romagna, on the Po River.
pidgin a mixed language, or jargon, incorporating the vocabulary of one or more languages with a very simplified form of the grammatical system of one of these and not used as the main language of any of its speakers.
piste (Italian) tracks or trails.
plat du jour (French) special of the day.
Plava town on the Isonzo River, in present-day Slovenia.
pontoon bridge a temporary bridge supported by flat-bottom boats, or some other floating objects, such as hollow cylinders.
Pope Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922), pope from 1914–22.
Pordenone a town in northeast Italy, between the Piave and Tagliamento Rivers.
Porta feriti! (Italian) Take the wounded!
Porta Magenta one of the gates of the city of Milan.
Portogruaro a town in northeast Italy, just south of San Vito al Tagliamento.
purée de marron chestnuts ground or mashed until smooth.
Purissimo very pure.
puttees coverings for the lower leg, in the form of a cloth or leather gaiter, or cloth strips wound spirally.
quay a wharf, usually of concrete or stone, used for loading and unloading ships.
Rhone a river flowing from southwest Switzerland south through France into the Gulf of Lions.
riparto (Italian) division.
rivederci, a rivederla (Italian) until we meet again; goodbye: implies temporary parting.
