abattage
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Borrowed from French abattage .
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[edit ]abattage (plural abattages )
- (veterinary medicine medicine ) The slaughter of animals, especially diseased ones to limit the spread of the disease.
- (military ) The anchoring of the wheels of an artillery piece, preparatory to firing.
Translations
[edit ]anchoring
- Dutch: verankering (nl) m
French
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[edit ]abattage m (plural abattages )
- slaughter or butchering for meat
- felling or cutting down of (trees)
- destruction, demolition of (a wall)
Descendants
[edit ]Further reading
[edit ]- "abattage", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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