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单词 ballycater
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ballycatern.

Brit. /ˌbalɪˈkatə/, U.S. /ˌbæliˈkædər/, Canadian English /ˌbæliˈkædər/
Forms:

α. 1800s ballacarda, 1800s ballicadoes (plural), 1900s– balacada, 1900s– ballacadder, 1900s– ballacader, 1900s– ballacader, 1900s– ballicada, 1900s– ballicade, 1900s– ballicader, 1900s– ballicadre, 1900s– ballicarda, 1900s– ballicarder, 1900s– ballicardo, 1900s– ballycadder, 1900s– batlicader, 1900s– batlycadder, 1900s– bellycadder, 1900s– bellycarder.

β. 1900s– ballacarter, 1900s– ballacarter, 1900s– ballacater, 1900s– ballacatter, 1900s– ballacattle, 1900s– ballaclauter, 1900s– ballcatter, 1900s– ballicanter, 1900s– ballicater, 1900s– ballicatter, 1900s– balliclatter, 1900s– ballicutter, 1900s– ballycanter, 1900s– ballycarter, 1900s– ballycater, 1900s– ballycator, 1900s– ballycatter, 1900s– bellycater, 1900s– bellycatter, 1900s– billicatter.

γ. 1900s– ballicabber, 1900s– balliclamper, 1900s– ballyclamper, 1900s– belliclumper.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: barricade n., barricado n.
Etymology: Probably partly alteration of barricade n., and partly alteration of barricado n., in γ. forms after clumper n.1
Newfoundland.
A mass of ice along a shoreline, creating a barrier between the sea and the land.
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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > belt > formed along specific area
coast-ice1856
ice foot1856
ballycater1863
1863 J. Moreton Life & Work Newfoundland 29 Ballicadoes. Barricades. The banks of ice which form upon all water-washed rocks and shores in winter.
1906 J. Lumsden Skipper Parson 61 The rocks were covered with ice, and the shore was bespread with large pans of ice, high and dry—in local phraseology, ‘balacadas’.
1919 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor vi. 132 The slob ice had already made ballicaters.
1969 H. Horwood Newfoundland xii. 84 A ballycater has to make along shore.
2000 St. John's (Newfoundland) Telegram (Nexis) 14 Apr. 6 Every few years some of our more talented indignant blunder their way across the ballycaters.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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