batardeaun.

/batarˈdo/

Forms: Also 1700s batter-.

Etymology: < French batardeau: formerly bastardeau, considered by Littré and Scheler to be a diminutive of bastard ‘a dike,’ of doubtful origin: see Littré. (The idea that the termination is d'eau ‘of water’ is not entertained by French scholars.)

a. A coffer-dam.

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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > dam > types of

mill-dam1182

warrant1406

pond head1465

coffer-dam1736

batardeau1767

gather-dam1768

frame dam1774

crib-dam1816

shutter-dama1884

suddc1900

needle gate1909

check-dam1936

gravity dam1940

1767 A. C. Ducarel Anglo-Norm. Antiq. 36 Laying the foundations of such piers under water..by means of a Batterdeaux.

b. A wall built across the moat or ditch surrounding a fortification.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > wall across ditch

batardeau1830

1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. 62 The Enemy may be greatly annoyed by means of certain works called Batard'eaux.

1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) 262 A Batardeau is a solid piece of masonry, 7 or 8 feet thick, crossing the whole breadth of the ditch opposite the flanked angles of the bastions. It retains the water in those parts of the ditch which require to be inundated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	batardeau
释义	batardeaun. /batarˈdo/ Forms: Also 1700s batter-. Etymology: < French batardeau: formerly bastardeau, considered by Littré and Scheler to be a diminutive of bastard ‘a dike,’ of doubtful origin: see Littré. (The idea that the termination is d'eau ‘of water’ is not entertained by French scholars.) a. A coffer-dam. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > dam > types of mill-dam1182 warrant1406 pond head1465 coffer-dam1736 batardeau1767 gather-dam1768 frame dam1774 crib-dam1816 shutter-dama1884 suddc1900 needle gate1909 check-dam1936 gravity dam1940 1767 A. C. Ducarel Anglo-Norm. Antiq. 36 Laying the foundations of such piers under water..by means of a Batterdeaux. b. A wall built across the moat or ditch surrounding a fortification. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > wall across ditch batardeau1830 1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. 62 The Enemy may be greatly annoyed by means of certain works called Batard'eaux. 1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) 262 A Batardeau is a solid piece of masonry, 7 or 8 feet thick, crossing the whole breadth of the ditch opposite the flanked angles of the bastions. It retains the water in those parts of the ditch which require to be inundated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1767
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