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French
Etymology
From fil + -ière.
Pronunciation
Noun
filière f (plural filières)
- industry
- la filière bovine ― the beef industry
- creance (in falconry)
- die (in manufacturing)
- spinneret (of a spider)
- course of events
- ring (of people, for example in drug dealing)
- (heraldry) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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1852, Pierre Charles Armand Loizeau de Grandmaison, Dictionnaire héraldique : Suivi de l' Abrégé chronologique d'édits concernant le fait de la noblesse, page 371:... filière de gueules. Bourgogne et Orléanais. Alleman de Mirabel d’azur, au demi-vol d’or, l’écu bordé du même; à la filière de gueules. Languedoc. FLACON. Rare en armoiries.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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