suillage

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noun

A drain or collection of filth.

OriginOld French souillage →
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Meanings

nounsuillage (usually uncountable, plural suillages)

plural suillages · alternative sulliage · alternative sullage

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyA drain or collection of filth.

    touching Conducts for the Suillage and other necessities of the House

    1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Frenchsouillage
  2. Englishsuillage

From Old French souillage, soillage, from souiller, soiller. See soil (“to stain”), and compare sullage.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sulliage
Cite this entry
APA

suillage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suillage

MLA

“suillage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suillage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suillage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suillage.

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