Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fortification turf or sod used to line parapets and the traverses of galleries.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fort.) One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of the pieces of
sod used toline orcover parapets and the faces ofearthworks .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word gazon.
Examples
-
I once told our mechanic that our car ran on 'gazon' (grass).
-
I once told our mechanic that our car ran on 'gazon' grass.
-
Near the river there are also to be found carpets of a uniform green, consisting of a short kind of Equisetum, unmixed with any other plants, which forms a "gazon," to which no nobleman's country seat can show a match.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
-
Dat houdt in dat er een mooi open gazon neergelegd wordt met hierin op fraaie plekken clusters van drie grote bomen.
weekly nathreee 2010
-
Mower désigne aussi bien une tondeuse à gazon qu'un charmant jeune homme qui tond le gazon à votre place.
Archive 2010-06-01 Rene Meertens 2010
-
Déjà par endroits a pali le drap vert du gazon, mais le jet d'eau, clair, écume:
Archive 2009-09-01 David McDuff 2009
-
Le jardinier a ouvert la bouche de la terre de la vallée de vie par un long tuyau il conduit l'eau sur le gazon.
Archive 2009-09-01 David McDuff 2009
-
Le jardinier a ouvert la bouche de la terre de la vallée de vie par un long tuyau il conduit l'eau sur le gazon.
Archive 2009-09-01 David McDuff 2009
-
We had considered les rouleaux de gazon, or rolls of grass, but decided to scatter seeds instead.
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
-
REFERENCES: la pelouse (f) = grass; le gazon (m) = grass or lawn; Manou = endearment for the name Emmanuelle; for-mee-dah-bluh = formidable = great; gratter for it (Franglais) = scrape (save) or work for it
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.