Definitions for paillon

paillon pail·lon

Spelling: [French pah-yawn]
IPA: /French pɑˈyɔ̃/

Paillon is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in paillon (aillnop).

Definitions for paillon

noun

  1. a sheet of thin metallic foil used decoratively in enameling and gilding.

Origin of paillon

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

Examples for paillon

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

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

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

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.

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