abattis

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbæ.tɪs/

Noun

abattis (plural abattis or abattises)

Alternative spelling of abatis

French

Etymology

From abattre +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ba.ti/

Noun

abattis m (plural abattis)

rubble
(Canada) An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
(cooking, plural only) giblets
(military) abatis
(dated, slang, plural only) limbs

Verb

abattis

first-person singular past historic of abattre
second-person singular past historic of abattre

Further reading

“abattis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

battais

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