billot
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French billot.
Noun
billot
- bullion in the bar or mass
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 billot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
From bille + -ot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.jo/
Noun
billot m (plural billots)
- block
- butcher block
- executioner block
Further reading
- “billot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.