Definition of "gazon" [ga•zon]

• One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks. (noun)

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• "I once told our mechanic that our car ran on 'gazon' (grass)."
• "I once told our mechanic that our car ran on 'gazon' grass."
• "Near the river there are also to be found carpets of a uniform green, consisting of a short kind of Equisetum, unmixed with any other plants, which forms a "gazon," to which no nobleman's country seat can show a match."