bât

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bat"

French

Etymology

Displaced Classical Latin clitellae.

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Particularly: “(XIIIe siècle) bast, qui a supplanté en ce sens l’ancien français somme → voir bête de somme. Du latin populaire *bastum « ce qui porte », substantif verbal de *bastare « porter », emprunté grec ancien βαστάζειν, bastazein (« porter un fardeau »).”

Pronunciation

Noun

bât m (plural bâts)

  1. packsaddle

Derived terms

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