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Trou-de-loup

Definition: Trou-de-loup

Trou-de-loup

Noun

1. A sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Trou-de-loup \Trou"-de-loup"\, noun; plural Trous-de-loup. [French expression trou hole de of loup wolf.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: Trou-de-loup

English words defined with "trou-de-loup": Traphole, Trous-de-loup. (references)

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Anagrams: Trou-de-loup

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-l-o-o-p-r-t-u-u"

-1 letter: outpoured.

-2 letters: uprooted.

-3 letters: droplet, dropout, outdoer, outdrop, outduel, outplod, outpour, outrode, poulter, torpedo, trooped, trouped.

-4 letters: deport, detour, dolour, looped, looper, looted, looter, louder, louped, loured, louted, petrol, polder, poodle, pooled, ported, poured, pouted, pouter, purled, redout, redtop, replot, retold, retool, rooted, rouped, roupet, routed, toledo, tooled, tooler, toured, troupe, tupelo, uproot, uptore.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Trou-de-loup


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 72 6F 75 2D 64 65 2D 6C 6F 75 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01110010 01101111 01110101 00101101 01100100 01100101 00101101 01101100 01101111 01110101 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#114 &#111 &#117 &#45 &#100 &#101 &#45 &#108 &#111 &#117 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0072 006F 0075 002D 0064 0065 002D 006C 006F 0075 0070

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

548481871570711578818782

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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