A loaf of bread similar in shape to a baguette, but shorter (15 to 30 cm / 6 to 12 inches in length).

plural of batard

A deciduous shrub growing on Haiti, Trichilia hirta (red cedar).

plural of batardeau

A cofferdam. / (military) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.