Definition of Cloison

1. a partition [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloison

clog wog
clogestone acetate
clogged
clogger
cloggers
cloggier
cloggiest
cloggily
clogginess
clogging
cloggy
clogs
clogs to clogs in three generations
clogwyn
clogwyns
cloison (current term)
cloisonn
cloisonne
cloisonnes
cloisons
cloister
cloisteral
cloistered
cloisterer
cloisterers
cloistering
cloisterlike
cloisters
cloistral
cloistre

Literary usage of Cloison

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1863)
"La cloison des narines etroite, et les narines ouvertes au-dessous du nez. ... de la cloison qui separe leurs narines—cloison aussi large on plus, ..."

2. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1874)
"The "cloison du sinus" or posterior demi-cloison is the "valvule du trou ovale" (p. 189), and all that lies anterior to this in the mammalian heart ..."

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