Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In decorative art, an imitation of shells, or the use of forms borrowed from shells. This motive of decoration was common in the Louis XV. style. See
rococo .
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Examples
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Two good swims in "refreshing" conditions at Aberbach and Cwm-yr-Eglwys plus fishing and shell-fishing (what the French call coquillage) - total yield one big prawn which is spared the pot.
BlogCymru.com 2010
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And: coquillage (m) = shellfish coquillettes (f) = pasta shells
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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And: coquillage (m) = shellfish coquillettes (f) = pasta shells
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And: coquillage (m) = shellfish coquillettes (f) = pasta shells
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Sur la Dicerate, nouveau genre de coquillage bivalve.
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Sur la Galathée, nouveau genre de coquillage bivalve.
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coquillage (m) = shellfish coquillettes (f) = pasta shells
mollusque commented on the word coquillage
Decoration imitating seashells.
January 12, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word coquillage
Railway telegraphers' jargon meaning "Whom shall we confer with?". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013