batardeau
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
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.
Example Sentences
Etymology
From French batardeau.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: batardeau