abattis

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæbətəs/, /ˈæbəti/

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Noun

abattis (plural abattis or abattises)

1. Alternative spelling of abatis
   • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 34, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 469:

     He withdrew Torfrida and his men into the heart of the forest,—no hint of the place is given by the chronicler,—cut down trees, formed an abattis of trunks and branches, and awaited the enemy.

Anagrams

• abitats

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French abatëiz. By surface analysis, abattre (“to cut down”) +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ti/

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Noun

abattis m (plural abattis)

1. rubble
2. (Canada) an area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps
3. (cooking, plural only) giblets
4. (military) abatis
5. (dated, slang, plural only) limbs

Verb

abattis

1. first/second-person singular past historic of abattre

Further reading

• “abattis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• battais