prairillon

[ prey-ril-yuhn, pruh-ril-uhn ]

noun

, Obsolete.

1. a small prairie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prairillon¹

1795–1805, Americanism; probably < North American French, diminutive of French prairie prairie

Example Sentences

We were posted in a grove of beech, on the margin of the lake, and a few hundred feet long, with a narrow prairillon on the inner side, bordered by the rocky ridge.

From Project Gutenberg

Far to the south lay the Serna or prairillon of Sánga-Tánga, a rolling patch, "or, on a field vert," backed by the usual dark belt of the same, and fronted by straggling dots that emerged from the wave—they proved to be a thin line of trees along shore.

From Project Gutenberg

Both this and Parrot Island, lying some five miles south by west, are masses of cocoas, fringed with mangroves; a great contrast with the prairillon of the neighbouring Point Ovindo.

From Project Gutenberg

As our naked feet began to blister, we suddenly turned to the left, away from the sea; and, after crossing about 100 yards of prairillon, one of the prettiest of its kind, we found ourselves at Bwámánge, the village of King Lángobúmo.

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