billot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French billot.

Noun

billot

1. bullion in the bar or mass

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “billot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

From bille +‎ -ot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.jo/

Noun

billot m (plural billots)

1. block
   1. butcher block
   2. executioner block

Further reading

• “billot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.