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Definition of Aboideaus
1. aboideau [n] - See also: aboideau
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aboideaus
Literary usage of Aboideaus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Intercolonial: A Historical Sketch of the Inception, Location by Sandford Fleming (1876)
"In the meadow lands, or marshes, which would be covered by high tide, "aboideaus "
have been built across the embankments to keep back the rising tides. ..."
2. New Brunswick: With a Brief Outline of Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island by Alexander Monro (1855)
"... dykes have been erected to prevent the marshes from being overflown at high
water, and the mouths of the rivers are generally crossed by aboideaus, ..."
3. Bulletin by Natural History Society of New Brunswick (1902)
"... were sent him to be used in putting Fort Beause- jour in a state of defense,
but not until the English came to this country were large aboideaus built. ..."
4. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick by New Brunswick (1855)
"The Commissioners are empowered and required to erect dykes or aboideaus on either
side of said Canal or Canals, sufficient to prevent the flowage of the ..."
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