douane
[dwan]
- a custom house; customs.
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Of course, our luggage had stuck at the douane at Modane, and was telegraphed for.
An AutobiographyElizabeth Butler
The first house was the Austrian douane; the second, the inn.
Italian AlpsDouglas William Freshfield
As I sat waiting in the douane, I felt like puffing out and growing to make room for Russia inside me.
Trapped in 'Black Russia'Ruth Pierce
A cart loaded with split wood (larch) had boldly passed the door of the douane.
A Residence in FranceJ. Fenimore Cooper
We had emerged from the tunnel, successfully passed the douane, and were again in France.
The Count's ChauffeurWilliam Le Queux