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batardeau

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Françaisbatardeau
DeutschWasserbär

Examples

“An experiment⟳ was tried during the day upon the dykes of the citadel, which, as before stated, are fed by means of a sluice opposite the Scheldt, and separated from those of the city by a batardeau.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Batasan Batasan Hills batasha batata batata vada batatilla

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