[a. F. batture bottom of a sandy or rocky shallow.] A river- or sea-bed elevated to the surface. Also attrib.
1856. Olmsted, Slave States, 464. The great capability of our batture lands for the production of rice.
1860. J. Kennedy, W. Wirt, I. xix. 292. Constructed certain works upon the beach, or batture, as it was called.
