gabare
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Occitan gabarra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gabare f (plural gabares)
- a barge or scow
- 1842, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, L'archipel de Chausey, souvenirs d'un Naturaliste". Revue des Deux Mondes, volume 30.:
- Cependant le vent était tombé et la gabare ne gouvernait plus. Il fallut jeter l’ancre et attendre.
- Meanwhile, the wind had fallen and the barge couldn't be steered. We had to drop anchor and wait.
Further reading[edit]
- “gabare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Poitevin-Saintongeais[edit]
Noun[edit]
gabare (diminutive gabarot)
- a type of boat that has a flat deck and a mast in the middle, resembling the trireme boats of Ancient Greece
References[edit]
- Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 199.
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