abattis
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
abattis (plural abattis or abattises)
- Alternative spelling of abatis.
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
abattis m (plural abattis)
- A mass of things that have been subjected to abattage.
- (Canada) An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
- (cooking, plural only) The offal or giblets, especially those of a bird.
- (military) An abatis.
- (dated, slang, usually plural only) The limbs.
Verb [edit]
abattis
- first-person singular past historic of abattre
- second-person singular past historic of abattre
