mouton
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
Origin of mouton
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How to use mouton in a sentence
mouton, probably at Port mouton; so named, according to Lescarbot, because a drowned sheep came ashore there.
"This is the 'mouton d'Or,'" said Aylward, as they pulled up their horses at a whitewashed straggling hostel.
The White Company | Arthur Conan DoyleIf mouton comes here you will be sacrificed—you and all the Union men.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty | J. W. de ForestBut the heroine came too late, and the gallant mouton expired.
Popular Tales | Charles Perrault"I'll go along to Moie de mouton and keep a look-out," I said.
Carette of Sark | John Oxenham
British Dictionary definitions for mouton
/ (ˈmuːtɒn) /
sheepskin processed to resemble the fur of another animal, esp beaver or seal
Origin of mouton
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