batture

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noun

A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.

OriginFrench batture →
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Meanings

nounbatture (plural battures)

plural battures

  1. A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.

    The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee.

    1826, William Christy, A Digest of Martin's Reports

Origin

  1. Frenchbatture
  2. Englishbatture

From French batture. Doublet of batter.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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