sillon

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See also: sillón

English

Etymology

From French sillon (“furrow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sillon (plural sillons)

  1. (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

References

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French seillon, from seille +‎ -on, seiller.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.jɔ̃/
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Noun

sillon m (plural sillons)

  1. (agriculture) furrow
  2. groove, fissure
    sillons d’un disque ― record grooves
    le sillon alpin ― the sillon alpin (a long valley in the French Alps north-east of Grenoble, or the region surrounding it)
  3. (urban studies) corridor
    le sillon lorrain ― the Lorraine corridor

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