sillage
Meanings
Noun
1. wake (the path left behind a ship on the surface of the water)
2. slipstream
3. sillage (trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume) (perfumery)
Examples2
dans le sillage de
in the wake of
La tornade laissa une traînée de destruction dans son sillage.
The tornado left a trail of destruction in its wake.