batardeau

== English == === Etymology === From French batardeau. === Noun === batardeau (plural batardeaus) A cofferdam. (military) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall. === References === “batardeau”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === batardeau m (plural batardeaux) batardeau === Further reading === “batardeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012