orillon

English

Etymology

From French [Term?] (literally “little ear”), from oreille (“an ear”), from Latin oricula, auricula, diminutive of auris (“an ear”). See ear.

Noun

orillon (plural orillons)

  1. A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, found in old fortresses.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for orillon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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