sillon

English

Etymology

French sillon (“furrow”).

Noun

sillon (plural sillons)

1. (military, historical) A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sijɔ̃/

Noun

sillon m (plural sillons)

1. (agriculture) furrow
2. groove, fissure