Meaning of digue | Babel Free

Definitions

Levée de terre, de pierres, de bois, etc. pour contenir des eaux d’un fleuve, d’un torrent, d’un lac, et contrer les flots de la mer.

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Examples

“In November this Year, happen'd a Storm at North-Weſt[…]; and ſeveral Breaches in the great Digues near Enchuyſen, and others between Amſterdam and Harlem, made way for ſuch Inundations as had not been ſeen before by any Man then alive, and filled the Country with many Relations of moſt deplorable Events.”

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