Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, a hedgehog.
- noun In fort., a beam armed with iron spikes pointing outward, and turning on a pivot like a turnstile, used to defend a passage.
- noun A sort of wooden horse set with spikes or points, formerly used as a military punishment, the culprit being mounted upon it.
- noun The punishment so inflicted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (fort.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
beam orbar armed with ironspikes , and turning on apivot , used to block up apassage .
Etymologies
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French hérisson, hedgehog.
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Examples
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Moi j'adore celle avec le herisson KYAAAAH trop mimi!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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She also said that she was pleased with the way she satirized the French elite in her book, the Elegance of the Hedgehog, or L'elegance du herisson in French.
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Le herisson n'en connaît qu'un, mais il est fameux. ")
The Hedgehog and the Fox Bowman, John S. 1980
chained_bear commented on the word herisson
A wooden palisade.
August 25, 2008
Logophile77 commented on the word herisson
swinging beam bearing iron spikes
January 10, 2018