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Webster 1913 Edition
Boyau
‖
Boy′au
,Noun.
pl.
Boyaux
or Boyaus
. [F.
boyau
gut, a long and narrow place, and (of trenches) a branch. See Bowel
.] (Fort.)
A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Boyau
BOY'AU
,Noun.
Definition 2024
boyau
boyau
English
Noun
boyau (plural boyaus)
- (military) A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.
- A line, drawn winding about, in order to enclose several tracts of land, or to attack some works.
Translations
References
- (military definition) Military Earthworks Terms, Historic Landscape Initiative, National Park Service. URL accessed 2007-01-29.
- (winding line definition) This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French boiel, bouel, from Latin botellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwa.jo/
Noun
boyau m (plural boyaux)
- (anatomy) gut, intestine (of an animal, or, informally of a human)
- catgut, gut
- (military) communication trench, boyau
Synonyms
- (gut): intestin
- (catgut): cordes de boyau