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語源

From French barachois, from Basque barratxoa (“little bar”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌbæɹəˈʃwɑː/
• (米国発音, Canada)
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˌbæɹəˈʃwɑ/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˌbɛɹəˈʃwɑ/, /ˌbeɹəˈʃwɑ/

名詞

barachois (plural barachois)

1. (Atlantic Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Réunion, Mauritius) A coastal lagoon partially or totally separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar.
   • 1888, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, page 457:

     These barachois are inland lagoons connected with the main lagoon by a narrow outlet some 2 fathoms deep or more. They are filled and emptied every tide, and their floor is intersected by numerous small channels running in every direction […]

   • 1906, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, page 43:

     These private barachois are walled ponds or "fish paddocks," which, by permission, may be replenished from Government reserves. Certain parts of the coast are set apart, which are called "reserves," and in which no fishing can take place […]

   • 1908, John Mason Clarke, Sketches of Gaspé, page 32:

     All along the southern sweep of the Gaspé coast these barachois are found; and Gaspé Bay itself, like the rest, has its bar, tickle and barachois; the tickle being the narrow and parlous ship passage between the long bar of Sandy Beach and the broad Peninsula, each of these bars […]

   • 1939, Stuart Alvord Northrop, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Silurian Rocks of the Port Daniel-Black Cape Region, Gaspé, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, page 21:

     Other barachois are located at the mouths of Bonaventure and Nouvelle rivers. Cuspate bars are developed at Paspébiac and New Carlisle; the triangular bar at Paspébiac encloses a large barachois.

   • 1987 June 1, Erik C. Paul, Fisheries Development and the Food Needs of Mauritius, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 84:

     Several of the government owned barachois are leased out to artisanal fishermen and young farmers cooperatives.

   • 1999, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, The St. Lawrence Marine Environment: Knowledge and Action, 1993-1998, Maurice Lamontagne Institute Ma Fisheries and Oceans Canada:

     These days, the barachois are increasingly recognized for their ecological value and many local groups are active in preserving, restoring and enhancing them.

   • 2012 December 2, O.A. Jones, Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs V4: Geology 2, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 76:

     Barachois are flooded at high tide, and large areas of silty sand may be exposed at low tide; at lower levels meandering creek systems may develop. These features are best developed in areas such as the central Indian Ocean where […]

Further reading

• 2016 February 27, Lee K.M. Everts, The Placentia Area - A Changing Mosaic, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 9:

  […] bars and spits ("barachois," "barachoix" or "barasway" which refers to a lagoon that was separated from the sea by a sandbar or gravel beach) along the coast to the south and southwest of Placentia Harbour […]

1. • 2016 October 27, William John Davey, Richard P. MacKinnon, Dictionary of Cape Breton English, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 11:

     […] barachois [berə'šwɑ, barə'šwɑ] noun; also spelled barrachois, barrasoi, Barrasoi a coastal pond, separated from a larger body of water by a bar of sand or gravel; a lagoon partially open to the larger body of water; used in place names […]