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sillon

/ˈsɪlən/

sillon noun: a work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.

Noun

sillon (plural sillons)

  1. (historical) A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.
    • Sillon, is a work raised it up in ropes very hard for an in the middle of a foss1767, Thomas Simes, The Military Medley

Forms of sillon

pluralsillons

Origin of sillon

Borrowed from French sillon (“furrow”).

Words formed from sillon

Words that rhyme with sillon

Questions about sillon

What does sillon mean?
Sillon means a work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.
What part of speech is sillon?
Sillon is a noun.
How do you pronounce sillon?
Sillon is pronounced /ˈsɪlən/.
What is the plural of sillon?
The plural of sillon is sillons.

Words near sillon in the dictionary

  1. sillographists
  2. sillographs
  3. Sillok
  4. sillometer
  5. sillometers
  6. sillon
  7. sillonated
  8. sillons
  9. Silloth
  10. Silloth-on-Solway
  11. sills

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