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rouanne

rouanne noun: a branding iron.

Noun

rouanne (plural rouannes)

  1. (obsolete) A branding iron.
    • One Maverick formerly owned such immense herds that many of his animals unavoidably escaped his rouanne in the spring, were taken up by his neighbors, branded and called Mavericks.1889, John Stephen Farmer, Americanisms - Old & New, page 87

Forms of rouanne

pluralrouannes

Origin of rouanne

From French [Term?].

Questions about rouanne

What does rouanne mean?
Rouanne means a branding iron.
What part of speech is rouanne?
Rouanne is a noun.
What is the plural of rouanne?
The plural of rouanne is rouannes.

Words near rouanne in the dictionary

  1. ROTW
  2. Rotwelsch
  3. Rotzo
  4. ROU
  5. rouaite
  6. rouanne
  7. rouannes
  8. Roubaisian
  9. Roubaisians
  10. Roubaix
  11. roubaultite

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