aboideau

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US/ɑ.bwɑ.doʊ/

noun

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.

OriginAcadian French aboideau →
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Meanings

nounaboideau (plural aboideaux or aboideaus)

plural aboideaux · plural aboideaus · alternative aboiteau

  1. CanadaAcadiaA 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.

Origin

  1. Acadian Frenchaboideau
  2. Acadian Frenchaboideau
  3. Englishaboideau

Borrowed from Acadian French aboideau.

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APA

aboideau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aboideau

MLA

“aboideau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aboideau. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aboideau,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aboideau.

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