tour à plomb
French, noun/tu.ʁ‿a plɔ̃/
tour à plomb is a French feminine noun meaning “shot tower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tour destinée à la fabrication de grenaille de plomb par l’action de la pesanteur”.
What does tour à plomb mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshot tower
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tour destinée à la fabrication de grenaille de plomb par l’action de la pesanteur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tour à plomb
- tours à plomb plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tour à plomb?
- /tu.ʁ‿a plɔ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.