prairillon en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from French prairillon, from prairie + -illon.
Meanings
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A little prairie.
Straight before us rose the Rattlesnake Hills, […] while at their feet flowed the little river […] purling over its pebbly bed with graceful meanderings through clover prairillons and garden-spots full of wild currants, strawberries, gooseberries, and rattlesnakes; […]
1862, Richard Francis Burton, The City of the Saints:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prairillons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |