moellonn.1
/mwɑːˈlɒ̃/, U.S. /mwɑˈlɔn/, /mwɑˈlɑn/ Building. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.
Rubble or irregular blocks of stone used as infill in building.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > small or undressed stones for filling in
pinning1534
rubble1542
rubble work1675
rubble stone1833
hearting1837
spalled rubble1839
hardcore1842
scruff-stone1869
moellon1875
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Moillonneux, full of rubbish, made of ruble; also, fill of the soft stone Moilon.
1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) 303 Rag-stone, or Rag-Work, Fr. Möellon.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Moellon (French), rough stones fit for building.]
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1458/2 Moellon, rubble stone filled in between the facing walls of a structure, or between the spandrels of a bridge. It consists of clean, broken stone, and where it holds an important position, as in the latter-mentioned case, it is laid in mortar, and by hardening becomes equal to a solid mass of stone.
1929 Speculum 4 291 The fabric of the transept [of the abbey church at Cluny] is of limestone, partly squared and sculptured blocks, partly moellon (small trimmed stone), partly rubble.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
moellonn.2
/ˈmwɛlɒn/, U.S. /mwɛˈlɔn/, /mwɛˈlɑn/ Tanning.
A dark wax or grease used in curing leather; = degras n. 1. Also moellon degras.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > leather-making materials > [noun] > other leather-making materials
sabrasc1480
stuff1812
pure1842
bran-drench1883
moellon1897
sig1897
plumper1903
1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 227 French moellon oil, strictly speaking, is an expressed oil from chamois tannage, French degras being a mixture of moellon and oil obtained from washing the skins in an alkaline solution.
1922 H. R. Procter Princ. Leather Manuf. (ed. 2) xxv. 448 The residual oil..constitutes moellon... Mixed with further quantities of fish oils, tallows, and sometimes wool-fat, it constitutes the ordinary dégras of commerce.
1931 J. A. Wilson & H. B. Merrill Anal. Leather xi. 382 The excess oil is pressed out after saturating the skins with water and constitutes the purest and best grade of moellon dégras.
1939 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) III. 552 (heading) Analysis of moëllon-dégras.
1969 T. C. Thorstensen Pract. Leather Technol. xii. 202 Natural moellon is produced by the oxidation of raw cod liver oil in the tanning of sheep and goat chamois skins. Synthetic moellon is produced by the controlled aeration of raw cod liver oil to the desired oxidation fatty acid value; it results in more hydrophilic properties.
1983 J. H. Sharphouse Leather Technician's Handbk. (rev. ed.) xxi. 216 This oxidised oil..is known as Degras or Moellon and is a marketable by-product, having uses in fatliquoring, etc.
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