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paillon

American

[pah-yawn] / pɑˈyɔ̃ /

noun

a sheet of thin metallic foil used decoratively in enameling and gilding.

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Inflected Forms

noun

paillons

plural

Etymology

Origin of paillon

1885–90; < French, special use of paille straw ( see pallet ¹) + -on noun suffix

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