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guilloches

guilloches is the plural of guilloche.

Meaning of guilloche

Noun

guilloche (plural guilloches)

  1. A fine engraved pattern of spirals, intertwining bands, etc.
    • A railroad right-of-way, straight across the Balkan Peninsula, conceded in Cyrillic and Arabic script all woven in and out of the loveliest green guilloche by the no-longer-quite-unabsorbed entity of East Roumelia.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1015
  2. The tool used to create such work.

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Questions about guilloches

What is guilloches the plural of?
Guilloches is the plural of guilloche.

Words near guilloches in the dictionary

  1. Guillette
  2. Guillettes
  3. Guillim
  4. guilloche
  5. guilloched
  6. guilloches
  7. guilloching
  8. guilloché
  9. guillochés
  10. Guillory
  11. Guillotin

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