paillon

American

[pah-yawn] / pɑˈjɔ̃ /

noun

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

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Noun Inflected Forms

paillons

plural

Etymology

Origin of paillon

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

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paillons

These bits of brilliant metal were known as paillons.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison

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