Rambouillet
Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Rambouillet
First recorded in 1905–10; after Rambouillet, town and forest in N France, source of the breed
Example Sentences
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It will be purified into bio-methane and injected into a pipeline to the nearby town of Rambouillet, heating its hospital, swimming pool and homes.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
They were run by brilliant women — salonnières — including the Marquise de Rambouillet, Madame de Lafayette, Madame de Staël and Madame de Tencin.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2020
French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing hosted the first one at Rambouillet, outside Paris, in 1975.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
Estill and her husband John own thousands of sweeping acres in the northwest corner of California, where they graze cattle and Rambouillet sheep, a cousin of the Merino with exceptionally soft, elastic wool.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2018
Tallemant has a story of no less dignified a personage than the Cardinal de La Valette romping with the Rambouillet children, and discovered by the Marquise hiding from them under a bed.
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
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