douane

American  

[dwan] / dwan /

noun

French.

plural

douanes

1. a custom house; customs.

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Example Sentences

The ordeal of the Swiss douane was still somewhere ahead; we had entered the neutral strip.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow

"At the Italian douane, m'sieur," was the police officer's reply, as for a few seconds he gazed upon the invalid's face, seconds that seemed hours to Hugh.

From Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo by Le Queux, William

But I could not bring myself to believe that it would get me through the passport office, the douane, and the medical station at the entrance to the Bosphorus.

From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis

Here is also the usual customs station, with a few officers of the Italian douane, to watch the passage of merchandise across the frontier.

From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel

Captain Winston attended to the douane, and it is settled for us to keep the car as an "investment."

From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)