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  • noun Canada Alternative form of aboideau.

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Examples

  • Especially important to Champlain’s new world was the aboteau, abotiâ, aboitiâ, abouèta, or aboiteau—which described the earthworks and wooden sluices that were used in the managing of the marshes and would become central to the material world of Acadia.21

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Especially important to Champlain’s new world was the aboteau, abotiâ, aboitiâ, abouèta, or aboiteau—which described the earthworks and wooden sluices that were used in the managing of the marshes and would become central to the material world of Acadia.21

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

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