aboideau

noun

aboi·​deau

ȧbwȧdō

variants or aboiteau

-tō

plural aboideaux

-dō

or aboiteaux

-tō

Canada

: a tide gate or dam to prevent the overflow of water into marshland

Word History

Etymology

Canadian French aboiteau

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above

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