meulon
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of meule, from Old French meulon.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meulon m (plural meulons)
- (agriculture, obsolete) a small stack of clover, alfalfa, hay, which is made after having left the windrows to dry and before preparing large haystacks or baleing
- a heap of salt taken from a salt marsh
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “meulon” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “meulon” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
Further reading
[edit]- “meulon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.