Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fortification, a work raised in the middle of a ditch, to defend it when it is too wide: frequently called an envelop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fort.) A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.
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- noun military, historical A
work raised in the middle of a wideditch , todefend it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Suat männä ite vaikka lännestä ittään vaan minä en luovu Ievasta, sillä ei tätä poikoo kainous haittaa sillon ko tanssii laiasta laitaan.
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Ei tätä poikoo märkyys haittaa sillon ko laskoo laiasta laitaan.
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Eikä tätä poikoo ämmät haittaa sillon ko laskoo laiasta laitaan.
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Abuelita shuffled to a sillon at one side of the room, pulled out her rosary beads, and while smiling at the two of them, fingered the long string of black beads and prayed.
Sex and the South Beach Chicas Caridad Pineiro 2006
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"Mon sillon de Boya" was shut down at the end of May for three days by a local tribal chief displeased with its broadcasts about the electoral process.
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Dieu! il sera bien temps; demain, il se courbera au travail, il rampera sur son sillon ....
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various
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Then in a quivering voice he said, 'Loi-sillon is dead,' and he kissed her on both cheeks.
The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 Alphonse Daudet 1868
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Dr. Lakra, Sin titulo/Untitled (sillon rojo), 2004, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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Agarraros al sillon que comienza el espectaculo ......
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donjon … le serf attendait sur son sillon… le moine
ON THE EVE OF THE MILLENNIUM CONOR CRUISE O’BRIEN 1994
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