† gazonn.

Etymology: < French gazon grass; (plural) pieces of turf; < Old High German waso (Middle High German wase, German wasen) sod, turf, damp soil, or mass of earth.

Obsolete.

a. A sod or piece of turf, used in fortification (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > construction of > earth or sod used in

gazon1704

remblai1794

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Gazons, in Fortification, are pieces of fresh Earth covered with Grass, cut in form of a Wedge, about a Foot long, and half a Foot thick, to line parapets, and the Traverses of Galleries.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. v. 38 I would make the walls and parapets with sods too;—the best engineers call them gazons, Trim, said my uncle Toby.

1768 in T. Simes Mil. Medley (ed. 2) Dict.

1802 in C. James New Mil. Dict.

b. attributive, as gazon-theatre.

ΚΠ

1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria (Plan) sig. b^v Gazon-Theatres, Amphitheatres, Artificial Echo's.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	gazon
释义	† gazonn. Etymology: < French gazon grass; (plural) pieces of turf; < Old High German waso (Middle High German wase, German wasen) sod, turf, damp soil, or mass of earth. Obsolete. a. A sod or piece of turf, used in fortification (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > construction of > earth or sod used in gazon1704 remblai1794 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Gazons, in Fortification, are pieces of fresh Earth covered with Grass, cut in form of a Wedge, about a Foot long, and half a Foot thick, to line parapets, and the Traverses of Galleries. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. v. 38 I would make the walls and parapets with sods too;—the best engineers call them gazons, Trim, said my uncle Toby. 1768 in T. Simes Mil. Medley (ed. 2) Dict. 1802 in C. James New Mil. Dict. b. attributive, as gazon-theatre. ΚΠ 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria (Plan) sig. b^v Gazon-Theatres, Amphitheatres, Artificial Echo's. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1699
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