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eau de Javelle

[ oh duh zha-vel, -zhuh-; French ohduhzha-vel ]

eau de Javelle

/ ʒə-; əʊ də ʒæˈvɛl; od ʒavɛl /

noun

  1. another name for Javel water
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

And she marched out of the house, carrying the bottle of eau de Javelle with her.

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Gervaise, habituated apparently to puddles, did not lift her skirts but threaded her way through the part of eau de Javelle which encumbered the doorway.

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A light gray mist or steam pervaded the room, which was filled with a smell of soapsuds and eau de Javelle combined.

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She offered her also some eau de Javelle, but the young woman refused.

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