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Definition of Herisson
1. n. A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.
Definition of Herisson
1. Noun. A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Herisson
1. a heraldic hedgehog [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herisson
Literary usage of Herisson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutics of the Circulation by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1908)
"... By Pressure on a Finger or Limb; Sphygmo- manometers of herisson, Waller, Von
Basch, Potain and Oliver; Instruments of Marey, Mosso and Gaertner. ..."
2. France in the Nineteenth Century, 1830-1890 by Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer (1893)
"When I brought Jules Favre the news," continues d'herisson, "he was greatly ...
Jules Favre at once got into it, with his son-in-law and M. d'herisson. ..."
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