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Wikipedia

  1. Hérisson

    Hérisson (French pronunciation: ​[eʁisɔ̃]; Occitan: Eiriçon) is a town in the Allier department in central France.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Herissonnoun

    a beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage

  2. Etymology: [F. hrisson, prop., hedgehog.]

Wikidata

  1. Hérisson

    Hérisson is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Herisson

    her′i-son, n. a beam turning on a pivot and supplied with sharp spikes, for the defence of a gate, &c.: (her.) a hedgehog.—adj. Hérissé, bristled. [A doublet of urchin.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. herisson

    A balanced barrier to a passage in a fort, of the nature of a turnstile.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. herisson

    A formidable hedge or chevaux-de-frise; made of one stout beam fenced by a number of iron spikes, and which, being fixed upon a pivot, revolves in every direction upon being touched, always presenting a front of pikes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of herisson in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of herisson in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of herisson in a Sentence

  1. Charles de LEUSSE:

    Because anticipate rather than search the bushes. (Car plutôt anticiper - Que les fourrés rechercher.) [Fables1, The Rabbit and the Hedgehog / Le Lapin et le Hérisson]


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