pavesade

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noun

A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in battle, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

OriginFrench pavesade →
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Meanings

nounpavesade (plural pavesades)

plural pavesades

  1. historicalnauticalA canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in battle, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

Origin

  1. Frenchpavesade
  2. Englishpavesade

From French pavesade. See pavis.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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