St. Louis?

[Rankin, Robert L]

> I can't remember at the moment why it was named after 'Pain Court', or
what 'Pain Court' really meant. I think somewhere there's an article
that explains this. Bob, does this ring a bell?

'Fraid not, unless it's a reference to SHORT-BREAD.  But I would expect
that expression to have originated in English.  (Do the French call
baking fats by the name "shortening"?).  One of the OED guys on the list
could attack that angle.

Bob