moulin
a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
Origin of moulin
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My favorite movies were moulin Rouge and Gone with the Wind.
A Love Letter to ‘The Notebook,’ a Melodrama That Commits to Its Sentimentality | Teo Bugbee | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd if you are imagining Satine from moulin Rouge floating around on a diamond swing, think again.
Exploring the Darker Side of James Joyce’s Trieste | Jeff Campagna | January 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIndeed, a poll of British moviegoers in 2010 anointed moulin Rouge!
‘Great Gatsby’ Reviewers Divided: Is Baz Luhrmann a Good Director? | Kevin Fallon | May 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Australian filmmaker Luhrmann, best known for the boisterous Bohemian musical moulin Rouge!
The Great Gatsby, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Is a Relentless Assault on the Senses | Marlow Stern | May 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt cries out to be a Russian moulin Rouge; it will only be a matter of time before we see Thomas on the big screen.
Ils ne manquerent aussi d'exercice remettre & couvrir les batimens & le moulin delaissez depuis ntre retour en l'an 1607.
Ceux qui portoient le bl au moulin, de quinze boisseaux n'en rendoient que douze de farine au lieu de dix-huict.
Soyer led him as far as the moulin des Quatre-Vents on the highroad.
The House of the Combrays | G. le NotreDodo made his dbut at the moulin Rouge at eight o'clock on the evening of his first day in Paris.
Zut and Other Parisians | Guy Wetmore CarrylAnd your boat is safe in the top nook of Port du moulin, all covered over with sailcloth and gorse.
Carette of Sark | John Oxenham
British Dictionary definitions for moulin (1 of 2)
/ (ˈmuːlɪn) /
a vertical shaft in a glacier, maintained by a constant descending stream of water and debris
Origin of moulin
1British Dictionary definitions for Moulin (2 of 2)
/ (French mulɛ̃) /
Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1899–1943, French lawyer and Resistance hero; Chairman of the National Council of the Resistance (1943): tortured to death by the Nazis
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