moulin

Related to moulin: Jean Moulin

mou·lin

(mo͞o-lăN′)

A nearly vertical cavity in a glacier through which meltwater from the surface drops into tunnels that are within or beneath the ice.

[French, mill, moulin, from Old French molin, mill, from Late Latin molīnum; see mill¹.]

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moulin

(ˈmuːlɪn)

(Physical Geography) a vertical shaft in a glacier, maintained by a constant descending stream of water and debris

[C19: from French: a mill]

Moulin

(French mulɛ̃)

(Biography) 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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"Is it really our venerable rector, Master Thibaut?" demanded Jehan Frollo du Moulin, who, as he was clinging to one of the inner pillars, could not see what was going on outside.

It was Jehan du Moulin who struck the first spark from it.

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In the evenings, after their work was over and they had dined, he took Philip to the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergeres.

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COMEDY writer Paul Howard has had to stop comparing Copper Face Jacks: The Musical to The Moulin Rouge after he was threatened with legal action.

Copper Faced legal threat over Moulin Rouge comparison

World-famous musicals such as Burlesque, Moulin Rouge, Chicago and The Great Gatsby, have been presented in Baku.

World-famous musicals presented in Baku

ONE is a world famous cabaret club, the other a Tyneside kebab shop...but Paris's Moulin Rouge has been locked in a furious row with the takeaway which sahres its name.

One is a kebab shop, the other, well, it isn't..

Having started dancing when she was just twoyears-old, at the age of 21 Ellie Wickett is now dancing at French cabaret institution - the Moulin Rouge.

Nuneaton dancer Ellie stars at the world famous Moulin Rouge

Linear atrophoderma of Moulin (LAM) is an acquired condition that presents with unilateral, depressed plaques following Blaschko's lines (3).

Inflamed bilateral linear atrophoderma of Moulin in an adult woman: a case report

By: Egypt Today staff CAIRO -- 24 September 2017: Fragments of "The Private Life of a Masterpiece" highlighting dance at le Moulin de la Galette will screen on October 6 at Smart Art.

Film on dance at Le Moulin de la Galette to screen at Smart Art

Water flowing through moulins generally reaches all the way to the bottom of the ice sheet, creating a more slippery surface that accelerates the glacier's flow, so understanding moulin structure and dynamics can be useful in the study of meltwater activity and sea level rise.