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Cardan grilles

Cardan grilles is the plural of Cardan grille.

Meaning of Cardan grille

Noun

Cardan grille (plural Cardan grilles)

  1. A sheet of card or thin metal, etc., used in composing secret messages. The words of the message are written through a number of holes cut arbitrarily in the sheet, and the remaining paper is then filled with irrelevant words to disguise it.

Questions about Cardan grilles

What is Cardan grilles the plural of?
Cardan grilles is the plural of Cardan grille.

Words near Cardan grilles in the dictionary

  1. cardamons
  2. cardamum
  3. cardamums
  4. Cardan
  5. Cardan grille
  6. Cardan grilles
  7. cardan shaft
  8. cardan shafts
  9. cardanol
  10. cardanolide
  11. cardanolides

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