boyau

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French boyau. Doublet of bowel. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbwɑːjəʊ/, /ˈbɔɪəʊ/ === Noun === boyau (plural boyaus or boyaux) (military) A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines. A line, drawn winding about, in order to enclose several tracts of land, or to attack some works. ==== Translations ==== === References === (military definition) Military Earthworks Terms, Historic Landscape Initiative, National Park Service. URL accessed 2007-01-29. (winding line definition) 1728, Cyclopaedia. === Anagrams === Ayoub, Yoabu, bayou == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French boiel / boial, from Latin botellus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bwa.jo/, (dated) /bɔ.jo/ Rhymes: -o === Noun === boyau m (plural boyaux) (anatomy) gut, intestine (of an animal, or, informally of a human) Synonym: intestin catgut, gut (military) communication trench, boyau hose, e.g. a firehose ==== Descendants ==== → English: boyau ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “boyau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012