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Aboideau

//ɑ.bwɑ.doʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. Canada

Etymology

Borrowed from Acadian French aboideau.

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