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Definition of Aboideau
1. Noun. (context: Canada Acadia) A tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aboideau
1. a type of dike [n -DEAUS or -DEAUX]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aboideau
Literary usage of Aboideau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick by New Brunswick (1885)
"New Horton Kast aboideau Road. teen, between certain inhabitants of the Parish
of Harvey, Albert County, a road was opened from the highway in the said ..."
2. Annual Report of the Chief Com'r by New Brunswick Dept. of Public Works (1896)
"... March Road Repairs, Canal Bridge, Byrne's aboideau, Musquash aboideau, St.
George Bridge, Union Ferry Point 1C ÍC Upper Milltown Mitchell ..."
3. Political Notes and Observations; Or, A Glance at the Leading Measures that by George Edward Fenety (1867)
"A Report was brought into the House one Session, to the effect that £4500 be
raised to build an aboideau over Tanta Bar—one member objected to it, ..."
4. Eastern Law Reporter, Canada (1912)
"3 and 5 pay half the costs of erecting said dyke and aboideau in the proportion
... The " Boyd " dyke, on which the aboideau in question was built, is not, ..."
5. The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers. A Guide to the Chief by Moses Foster Sweetser, Osgood, James R., & Co., pub (1875)
"... in the peaceful pursuits of agriculture about Beausejour; and the King of
France had granted 80000 livres for the great aboideau across the Aulac River. ..."
6. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1860)
"... which it is now kept out by an " aboideau." The marsh contains several thousand
acres; and the fanners who occupy it,, devote it principally to hay. ..."
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