sillon
See also: sillón
English
Etymology
French sillon (“furrow”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪlən/
Noun
sillon (plural sillons)
- (military, historical) A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.
- 1767, Thomas Simes, The Military Medley:
- Sillon, is a work raised it up in ropes very hard for an in the middle of a foss
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References
- sillon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
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Etymology
Old French seillon, from seille + -on, seiller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.jɔ̃/
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Noun
sillon m (plural sillons)
- (agriculture) furrow
- groove, fissure
- sillons d'un disque ― record grooves
- le sillon alpin ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (urban studies) corridor
- le sillon lorrain ― the Lorraine corridor
Derived terms
- sillonner
Further reading
- “sillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.