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Webster 1913 Edition


Blocage


Blo-cage′

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Noun.
[F.]
(Arch.)
The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.

Definition 2024


blocage

blocage

English

Noun

blocage (uncountable)

  1. (architecture) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔk.aʒ/

Etymology

From bloquer + -age.

Noun

blocage m (plural blocages)

  1. block (e.g. of traffic)
  2. block (act of physically blocking)
  3. block (obstruction)
  4. (Internet) block, blocking
  5. blockage
  6. locking (of brakes)

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