strike”). Compare Catalan embat, Greek μπάτης (bátis), Italian imbatto امبات • (imbat or inbat or embad) sea breeze; etesian Kahane, Henry R., Kahane...
From French limbat, a rebracketing of l’imbat, from Ottoman Turkish امبات (imbat, “sea breeze”). Doublet of imbat. IPA(key): /ˈlɪmbæt/ limbat (obsolete)...