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Definition of Pillau
1. n. An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter.
Definition of Pillau
1. Noun. (dated form of pilau) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pillau
1. pilau [n -S] - See also: pilau
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pillau
Literary usage of Pillau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of General Sir Robert Wilson ...: From Autobiographical Memoirs by Robert Thomas Wilson, Herbert Randolph (1862)
"We arrived at the ferry about 10 PM and were obliged to leave the carriages at
the water-side until morning, and proceed ourselves to pillau in a boat. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"With the front portion of the pierhead reduced to a mere mass of debris South
Pierhead at pillau. Condition of Outlying Blocks in September 1896. ..."
3. Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1877)
"FROM KÖNIGSBERG то PiLLAU, 29 M., by railway in ls/4 hr. (fares 3.^70, 2Ji 80,
l Л 90 pf. ... Steamboat from Königsberg to Elbing by pillau daily in 8 hrs. ..."
4. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1900)
"Embarcation at pillau.—Norway : the Sound and the "Champagne-mill." — Londo».—Arrival
at Boulogne.—Meyerbeer.—Paris at the end of the thirties. ..."
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