Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

batardeau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
batardeau
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cofferdam.

noun

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.

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Etymology

From French batardeau.

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Questions

What does batardeau mean?
A cofferdam.
Where does batardeau come from?
It is traced to French.

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