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moulin

American  
[moo-lan] / muˈlɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.

Moulin 1 British  
/ mulɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1899–1943, French lawyer and Resistance hero; Chairman of the National Council of the Resistance (1943): tortured to death by the Nazis

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moulin 2 British  
/ ˈmuːlɪn /

noun

  1. a vertical shaft in a glacier, maintained by a constant descending stream of water and debris

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Etymology

Origin of moulin

1855–60; < French < Late Latin molīnum mill 1

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