herisson
See also: hérisson
English
Etymology
French hérisson, hedgehog.
Noun
herisson (plural herissons)
- A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- (heraldry) A hedgehog.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for herisson in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Interlingue
Noun
herisson (plural herissones)
- hedgehog