paillon

[ French pah-yawn ]
/ French pɑˈyɔ̃ /

noun, plural pail·lons [French pah-yawn] /French pɑˈyɔ̃/.

a sheet of thin metallic foil used decoratively in enameling and gilding.

Origin of paillon

1885–90; < French, special use of paille straw (see pallet1) + -on noun suffix

Words nearby paillon

pail, pailful, paillard, paillasse, paillette, paillon, paimio chair, pain, pain in the neck, pain-pleasure principle, paine

Example sentences from the Web for paillon

  • "That is the river Paillon," said the driver, pointing to a diminutive stream in the midst of a wide stony bed.

    A Trip to the Orient |Robert Urie Jacob

  • The rocks in the channel of the Paillon appeared to be a bed of pebbles.

    A Trip to the Orient |Robert Urie Jacob

  • The Paillon, as it is called, disappears at the Square Massna, and finds its way to sea through an underground channel.

    Riviera Towns |Herbert Adams Gibbons

  • If you had told me that the Pantheon had landed one fine night on the banks of the Paillon, I should not be more astonished.

    Serge Panine, Complete |Georges Ohnet