Rambouillet

[ ram-boo-ley; French rahn-boo-ye ]

/ ˈræm bʊˌleɪ; French rɑ̃ buˈyɛ /

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noun

one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.

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Origin of Rambouillet

First recorded in 1905–10; after Rambouillet, town and forest in N France, source of the breed

Words nearby Rambouillet

ramble on, rambler, rambling, Rambo, Ramboesque, Rambouillet, rambunctious, rambutan, RAMC, ram down someone's throat, Rameau

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How to use Rambouillet in a sentence

Soon after Rambouillet, the Ford administration softened its opposition to helping New York City.
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When the King held his court at Rambouillet, a curtain only separated his chamber and the levee-room.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
What would not English taste have effected with the capabilities of Rambouillet?
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
In this conversation, after a long but not wearisome journey, we reached Rambouillet.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

The first person who gave a marked impulse to what we call society was the Marquise de Rambouillet, in the seventeenth century.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord
She adopted the customs of the Hôtel de Rambouillet,--certain rules which good society has since observed.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord

British Dictionary definitions for Rambouillet (1 of 2)

Rambouillet¹

/ (French rɑ̃bujɛ) /

noun

a town in N France, in the Yvelines department: site of the summer residence of French presidents. Pop: 24 758 (1999)

British Dictionary definitions for Rambouillet (2 of 2)

Rambouillet²

/ (ˈrɒmbʊˌjeɪ, ˈræmbʊˌleɪ, French rɑ̃bujɛ) /

noun

a fine-woolled merino-like breed of sheep

Word Origin for Rambouillet

C19: from Rambouillet 1

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