‖ consigne
(kɔ̃siɲ)
Also in anglicized form consign.
[Fr.; f. consigner to give instructions to a sentinel.]
1. Order given to a sentinel; watchword, countersign.
| 1864 in Webster; and in later Dicts. 1923 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 798/2 The sentry..let me pass without any consign. |
2. A left-luggage office in France.
| 1897 E. Dowson Let. c 18 Oct. (1967) 393, I found the consigne shut on my arrival at Dieppe, so was obliged to write to the chef de gare to forward me my things here. 1926 Hemingway Fiesta (1927) iii. xix. 267 A porter carried Bill's bags in from the consigne. 1965 G. Household Olura 146, I put my baggage back in the consigne and took a train to St. {Eacu}tienne. |