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barachois [< Cdn F < F barachoix sand bar] Atlantic Provinces. 
1 n. See 1760 quote.
See also: barrasway pond (def. 1)
- 1760 They give the name barachois in this country to small ponds near the sea, from which they are separated only by a kind of causeway.
- 1869 On the morning of July I , a large party, which left the town and approached the Barachois, were attacked by Wolfe with a corps of Light Infantry, and driven back into the town.
- 1962 Such matters as the anglicization of French names, whereby . . . Barachois becomes . . . Barrasway . . . suggest further possibilities of enquiry for the . . . linguist.
2 n. a narrow strip of sand or gravel rising above the surface of the adjacent water; causeway.
- 1964 At Stephenville Crossing, we turned due west to a blob of land connected to Newfoundland only by a barachois of gravel.
- 1760 They give the name barachois in this country to small ponds near the sea, from which they are separated only by a kind of causeway.