aboideau

English edit

Alternative forms edit

aboiteau

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Acadian French aboideau.

Pronunciation edit

(US) IPA^(key): /ɑ.bwɑ.doʊ/

Noun edit

aboideau (plural aboideaux or aboideaus)

(Canada, Acadia) A tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.

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