Batardeau

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  • n. A cofferdam.
  • n. A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cofferdam.
  • n. A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A coffer-dam; a casing of piles made water-tight, fixed in the bed of a river to exclude the water from the site of the pier or other work while it is being constructed.
  • n. In fortification, a wall, generally furnished with a sluice-gate, built across a moat or ditch, to retain the water in those parts of the ditch which require to be inundated.
    • Word Usage
    "Now I wished indeed for the batardeau, with which I might have slit the arras and so peered out; as the deep voice spoke again, it struck me that others who had stood where I stood must have had the same thought, and sharp knives to boot."
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    Words with the same meaning
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