English Explanatory Dictionary

batardeau

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cofferdam.
  2. A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.

Word forms

batardeau batardeaus

Etymology

From French batardeau.

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