Locals in Versailles call the triangular stretch of land where these horses are summering le fichu.
In French, when used as a noun speaking of clothing, un fichu is a triangular head scarf, thus
the charming borrowing of this word to name the area.
The word fichu used as an adjectif has a completely different meaning, however. It means damned, wretched, washed up, ruined, pitiful, rotten...the list could go on and on. It's a highly elastic and often used word to negatively describe a situation or thing.
Photo taken in the park of the Château de Versailles bordering le Domaine de Trianon.
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