herisson
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See also: hérisson
English
[edit]![four herissons at a train station](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Turnstiles_in_Alewife_station%2C_August_2005.jpg/220px-Turnstiles_in_Alewife_station%2C_August_2005.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]French hérisson, hedgehog. Doublet of urchin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]herisson (plural herissons)
- A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- (heraldry) A hedgehog.
References
[edit]- “herisson”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.