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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Ba·tar·deau

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n.

[F.]

1. A cofferdam. Brande & C.

2. (Mil.) 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.

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Oxford Dictionary of Architecture & Landscaping:

batardeau

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1. Coffer-dam.

2. Wall erected across the ditch or moat around a fortification.

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