Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In decorative art, an imitation of shells, or the use of forms borrowed from shells. This motive of decoration was common in the Louis XV. style. See rococo.
Examples
“Two good swims in "refreshing" conditions at Aberbach and Cwm-yr-Eglwys plus fishing and shell-fishing (what the French call coquillage) - total yield one big prawn which is spared the pot.”
“And: coquillage (m) = shellfish coquillettes (f) = pasta shells”
“Sur la Dicerate, nouveau genre de coquillage bivalve.”
“Sur la Galathée, nouveau genre de coquillage bivalve.”
“coquillage (m) = shellfish coquillettes (f) = pasta shells”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘coquillage’.
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phrontistery - c
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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Panvocalics
Panvocalics are words that contain all the vowels. Listed here are "euvocalics": words that have each of the five vowels only once. (These are also a kind of supervocalic.) Words that also have a "...
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1906 Railway Cipher Code
Terms from the Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, 1906. The terms were shorthand for common phrases used in telegraphic communications between station agents and Railway Asso...
abdominal, abetting, abiology, ablative, abnormal, abominate, aboveboard, abrasive, absinth, abstinent, accursed, acetate and 212 more...
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Architectural Nomenclature
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mutule, muntin, modillion, voussoir, volute, corbel, trefoil, peristyle, guilloche, rinceau, transept, grisaille and 45 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir Railway telegraphers' jargon meaning "Whom shall we confer with?". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Jan 21, 2013
mollusque Decoration imitating seashells. Jan 12, 2008