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paillon

[ French pah-yawn ]
/ French pɑˈyɔ̃ /
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noun, plural pail·lons [French pah-yawn]. /French pɑˈyɔ̃/.
a sheet of thin metallic foil used decoratively in enameling and gilding.
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Origin of paillon

1885–90; <French, special use of paille straw (see pallet1) + -on noun suffix

Words nearby paillon

pail, pailful, paillard, paillasse, paillette, paillon, pai-loo, Paimio chair, pain, Paine, pained
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How to use paillon in a sentence

  • "That is the river Paillon," said the driver, pointing to a diminutive stream in the midst of a wide stony bed.

    A Trip to the Orient|Robert Urie Jacob

  • If you had told me that the Pantheon had landed one fine night on the banks of the Paillon, I should not be more astonished.

    Serge Panine, Complete|Georges Ohnet

  • The Paillon, as it is called, disappears at the Square Massna, and finds its way to sea through an underground channel.

    Riviera Towns|Herbert Adams Gibbons

  • The rocks in the channel of the Paillon appeared to be a bed of pebbles.

    A Trip to the Orient|Robert Urie Jacob
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