caillebotis

== French == === Etymology === Perhaps related to caillebotte (“curd cheese”). The semantic motivation would be an association between the consistency of the cheese and the mud lying underneath the duckboard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaj.bɔ.ti/ ~ /kɑj.bɔ.ti/ === Noun === caillebotis m (invariable) (nautical) hatch cover duckboard === Further reading === “caillebotis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012