batture
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English
Etymology
From French batture. Doublet of batter.
Noun
batture (plural battures)
- A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
- 1826, William Christy, A Digest of Martin's Reports:
- The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee.
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French
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Noun
batture f (plural battures)
- a mixture of wax, linseed oil and turpentine used in bookbinding; the process of applying this mixture
- batture
- foreshore
Further reading
- “batture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.