| 释义 |
‖ batture
(‖ batyr, bəˈtjʊə(r))
[a. F. batture bottom of a sandy or rocky shallow.]
A river- or sea-bed elevated to the surface. Also attrib.
1856Olmsted Slave States 464 The great capability of our batture lands for the production of rice. 1860J. Kennedy W. Wirt I. xix. 292 Constructed certain works upon the beach, or batture, as it was called. |