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‖ mascaret|maskarɛ|
[Fr. (16th c.), f. Gascon mascaret spotted cow, f. mascara (cf. Pr. mascarar, OF. mascurer, F. mâchurer) to daub, to black the face: app. arising from the resemblance of the tidal bore to the movement of running cattle.]
A tidal bore in an estuary in France.
1841W. A. Brooks Treat. Improvement Navigation of Rivers xi. 127 The mascaret of the Dordogne consists of two, three, and sometimes four lofty waves, which follow each other rapidly, damming back the whole breadth of the river. 1900P. Dearmer Highways & Byways in Normandy xii. 315 At high tides there is the spectacle of the famous mascaret or bore. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 508 The tide begins to make itself felt at Poses, 11 miles above Elbeuf, and between Caudebec and Villequier the mascaret, or bore, has its greatest development. 1959Listener 5 Feb. 248/1 The mascaret is to the Seine what the bore is to the Severn. 1971S. E. Morison European Discovery Amer.: Northern Voy. viii. 256 The navigation of the Seine is more hazardous..and even dangerous when a tidal bore, the mascaret, sweeps up the river unexpectedly. |