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Definition of Aboideaux
1. aboideau [n] - See also: aboideau
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aboideaux
Literary usage of Aboideaux
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Schools of New Brunswick by New Brunswick Board of Education (1905)
"... and aboideaux are kept in good condition, and they have power to hire men to
make repairs or build new dykes and aboideaux when necessary. ..."
2. Transactions (1881)
"There was enterprise in the building "I expensive aboideaux on the rivers, and
in the trade which had sprang up with Louisburg in hay, oats, and cattle; ..."
3. The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers. A Guide to the Chief by Moses Foster Sweetser, Osgood, James R., & Co., pub (1875)
"The low shores around the head of the Bay of Fundy for a distance of 20 M.
have been reclaimed by the erection of dikes, with aboideaux at the mouths of the ..."
4. The Intercolonial: A Historical Sketch of the Inception, Location by Sandford Fleming (1876)
"There are two aboideaux on this division ; one for Gordon's Brook, near the first
mile ; and the other for the river La Planche, about 2i miles from the ..."
5. New Brunswick: With a Brief Outline of Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island by Alexander Monro (1855)
"... the French settlers were not insensible to the value of their marshes, which
they had dyked ; and they had also constructed aboideaux on the rivers, ..."
6. The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travelers. A Guide to the Chief by Osgood, James R., & Co., Pub, James R. Osgood, & Co. Pub (1875)
"The low shores around the head of the Bay of Fundy for a distance of 20 M.
have been reclaimed by the erection of dikes, with aboideaux at the mouths ..."
7. New Brunswick; with a Brief Outline of Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island by Alexander Monro (1855)
"... the French settlers were not insensible to the value of their marshes, which
they had dyked: and they had also constructed aboideaux on the rivers, ..."
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