aboiteaun.

Brit.

/abwɑːˈtəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌɑbwɑˈtoʊ/, Canadian English

/ˌæbwɒˈtoː/

Inflections: Plural aboiteaux, (rare) aboiteaus.

Forms: 1800s abadeau, 1800s abatdeau, 1800s abatteau, 1800s abbateau, 1800s– aboideau, 1800s– aboiteau, 1800s– aboteau, 1900s– abideau, 1900s– aboîteau.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French aboteau, aboiteau, abboiteau.

Etymology: < Canadian French aboteau (1687 or earlier), aboiteau (1753 or earlier, now the usual form; also 1753 or earlier as abboiteau; compare French aboteau dam or dyke on a river (1708), now also applied to sea dykes after use in Canadian French), apparently ultimately < Middle French bot elevated bank of a canal, dyke (1241 in Old French; a borrowing < early Scandinavian: compare Old Icelandic bútr log: see butt n.⁶) + -eau , suffix (see -el suffix²), probably via a French regional (western) intermediary (see Dictionnaire historique du français Québécois (1998) at aboiteau).Canadian French forms in -oi- may show remodelling after French bois wood. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) enters this word under the double headword aboideau, aboiteau and gives the pronunciation as (æ·bədō^u, -tō^u; French abwado, -to) /ˈæbədəʊ/, /-təʊ/, /abwado/, /-to/. Dict. Canadianisms (1967) gives the pronunciation as /ˈæbəˌto/.

Canadian.

Esp. in the Maritime Provinces of Canada: a sluice gate in a dyke, which allows water draining from the land to flow out but does not allow sea water to enter. Also: a dyke containing such a gate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice

hatchOE

clowa1250

lock1261

water lock1261

sluice1340

water gate1390

sewer-gate1402

spay1415

floodgatec1440

shuttlec1440

spayer1450

gate1496

falling gate1524

spoye1528

gote1531

penstock1542

ventil1570

drawgate1587

flood-hatch1587

turnpike1623

slaker1664

lock gate1677

hatchway1705

flash1768

turnpike-lock1771

sluice-gate1781

pound-lock1783

stop-gate1790

buck gate1791

slacker1797

aboiteau1802

koker1814

guard-lock1815

falling sluice1819

lasher1840

fender1847

tailgate1875

weir-hatch1875

wicket1875

1802 T. Smith in Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers (1954) 44 312 To effect this they intend to make a new Abatdeau..about 2 miles below where the present road crosses the Missiguash.

1825 Novascotian (Halifax) 9 Mar. 86/1 Before half an hour the violence of the water washed away..the complete side of the abatteau.

1830 W. S. Moorsom Lett. from Nova Scotia 187 The aboiteau is provided with a floodgate which opens and closes with the preponderating water.

1851 J. F. W. Johnston Notes N. Amer. II. xvii. 81 These circumstances render the construction of an abadeau an important and expensive undertaking.

1876 J. R. Campbell Hist. Yarmouth Co., N.S. 5 The abatteau was protected by a long pier running out seaward.

1905 W. H. Crosskill Prince Edward Island 85 As a result of such legislation, Aboideaux..have been constructed at the undermentioned places.

1955 in Jrnl. Canad. Ling. Assoc. (1958) 4 9 Bulldozers and all types of modern machinery..are constructing an aboiteau to provide protection to a considerable marsh body.

1990 H. Thurston Tidal Life 84/3 The aboiteau was a simple but ingenious device that prevented the sea from flooding the land and at the same time allowed fresh water to drain from the land to the sea.

2004 J. S. Bleakney Sods, Soil, & Spades v. 46 The construction of dyke walls, and the blockage of large creeks with aboiteaux sluices, was a highly organized endeavour with workers divided into teams.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aboiteau
释义	aboiteaun. Brit. /abwɑːˈtəʊ/, U.S. /ˌɑbwɑˈtoʊ/, Canadian English /ˌæbwɒˈtoː/ Inflections: Plural aboiteaux, (rare) aboiteaus. Forms: 1800s abadeau, 1800s abatdeau, 1800s abatteau, 1800s abbateau, 1800s– aboideau, 1800s– aboiteau, 1800s– aboteau, 1900s– abideau, 1900s– aboîteau. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French aboteau, aboiteau, abboiteau. Etymology: < Canadian French aboteau (1687 or earlier), aboiteau (1753 or earlier, now the usual form; also 1753 or earlier as abboiteau; compare French aboteau dam or dyke on a river (1708), now also applied to sea dykes after use in Canadian French), apparently ultimately < Middle French bot elevated bank of a canal, dyke (1241 in Old French; a borrowing < early Scandinavian: compare Old Icelandic bútr log: see butt n.⁶) + -eau , suffix (see -el suffix²), probably via a French regional (western) intermediary (see Dictionnaire historique du français Québécois (1998) at aboiteau).Canadian French forms in -oi- may show remodelling after French bois wood. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) enters this word under the double headword aboideau, aboiteau and gives the pronunciation as (æ·bədō^u, -tō^u; French abwado, -to) /ˈæbədəʊ/, /-təʊ/, /abwado/, /-to/. Dict. Canadianisms (1967) gives the pronunciation as /ˈæbəˌto/. Canadian. Esp. in the Maritime Provinces of Canada: a sluice gate in a dyke, which allows water draining from the land to flow out but does not allow sea water to enter. Also: a dyke containing such a gate. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice hatchOE clowa1250 lock1261 water lock1261 sluice1340 water gate1390 sewer-gate1402 spay1415 floodgatec1440 shuttlec1440 spayer1450 gate1496 falling gate1524 spoye1528 gote1531 penstock1542 ventil1570 drawgate1587 flood-hatch1587 turnpike1623 slaker1664 lock gate1677 hatchway1705 flash1768 turnpike-lock1771 sluice-gate1781 pound-lock1783 stop-gate1790 buck gate1791 slacker1797 aboiteau1802 koker1814 guard-lock1815 falling sluice1819 lasher1840 fender1847 tailgate1875 weir-hatch1875 wicket1875 1802 T. Smith in Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers (1954) 44 312 To effect this they intend to make a new Abatdeau..about 2 miles below where the present road crosses the Missiguash. 1825 Novascotian (Halifax) 9 Mar. 86/1 Before half an hour the violence of the water washed away..the complete side of the abatteau. 1830 W. S. Moorsom Lett. from Nova Scotia 187 The aboiteau is provided with a floodgate which opens and closes with the preponderating water. 1851 J. F. W. Johnston Notes N. Amer. II. xvii. 81 These circumstances render the construction of an abadeau an important and expensive undertaking. 1876 J. R. Campbell Hist. Yarmouth Co., N.S. 5 The abatteau was protected by a long pier running out seaward. 1905 W. H. Crosskill Prince Edward Island 85 As a result of such legislation, Aboideaux..have been constructed at the undermentioned places. 1955 in Jrnl. Canad. Ling. Assoc. (1958) 4 9 Bulldozers and all types of modern machinery..are constructing an aboiteau to provide protection to a considerable marsh body. 1990 H. Thurston Tidal Life 84/3 The aboiteau was a simple but ingenious device that prevented the sea from flooding the land and at the same time allowed fresh water to drain from the land to the sea. 2004 J. S. Bleakney Sods, Soil, & Spades v. 46 The construction of dyke walls, and the blockage of large creeks with aboiteaux sluices, was a highly organized endeavour with workers divided into teams. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). aboiteauv. Brit. /abwɑːˈtəʊ/, U.S. /ˌɑbwɑˈtoʊ/, Canadian English /ˌæbwɒˈtoː/ Forms: see aboiteau n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: aboiteau n. Etymology: < aboiteau n. Canadian. rare. transitive. To provide (a river) with a dyke containing an aboiteau. ΚΠ 1899 G. J. Trueman in Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. New Brunswick No. 17. 97 In 1827 the Aulac was aboideaued four miles from its mouth. 1903 Bot. Gaz. 36 180 At first sight it might seem wise to aboideau all rivers at their mouths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1802v.1899
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