"gazon" meaning in English

See gazon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: gazons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowing from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (“piece of ground covered with grass, turf”), from Old Frankish *wasō (“ground, turf, sod”), from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, damp, wet”). Cognate with German Wasen (“lawn”), German Low German Waas (“bundle of twigs”), Dutch waas (“haze, mist, film”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|gazon}} French gazon, {{der|en|frm|gazon}} Middle French gazon, {{der|en|fro|gason}} Old French gason, {{der|en|frk|*wasō|t=ground, turf, sod}} Frankish *wasō (“ground, turf, sod”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*wasô|t=moisture; ground}} Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture; ground”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wes-|t=moist, damp, wet}} Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, damp, wet”), {{cog|de|Wasen|t=lawn}} German Wasen (“lawn”), {{cog|nds-de|Waas|t=bundle of twigs}} German Low German Waas (“bundle of twigs”), {{cog|nl|waas|t=haze, mist, film}} Dutch waas (“haze, mist, film”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gazon (plural gazons)
  1. One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.
    Sense id: en-gazon-en-noun-fSsDAMQO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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