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quarantain (iou)



quarantain noun.M17.
[French quarantaine QUARANTINE.]
A period of forty days or nights.M17-E19.
King's quarantain [French quarantaine du roi] a compulsory forty days' truce between quarrelling parties in France, in force esp. during the reign of Louis IX in the 13th cent.
= QUARANTINE noun 2. M17-M18.