clairen.
/klɛː/ A pond or basin (usually artificial) of sea water for the cultivation of oysters.
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1901 Science 18 Jan. 107 The experiments are made in an enclosed and tideless claire and have achieved a definite measure of success in demonstrating the possibility of fattening oysters to marketable condition by this means.
1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) xiv. 301 The oysters..are laid on the bottom of these claires.
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