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gazons

gazons is the plural of gazon.

Meaning of gazon

Noun

gazon (plural gazons)

  1. One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.
    • —I would throw out the earth upon this hand towards the town for the scarp,—and on that hand towards the campaign for the counterscarp.—Very right, Trim, quoth my uncle Toby:—And when I had sloped them to your mind,——an’ please your Honour, I would face the glacis, as the finest fortifications are...1659, Laurence Sterne, chapter XXX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Questions about gazons

What is gazons the plural of?
Gazons is the plural of gazon.

Words near gazons in the dictionary

  1. gazombas
  2. gazometric
  3. gazon
  4. gazonga
  5. gazongas
  6. gazons
  7. gazoo
  8. gazook
  9. gazooka
  10. gazookas
  11. gazooks

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