ambatch

American  

[am-bach] / ˈæm bætʃ /

noun

1. an Egyptian tree, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, of the legume family, having a light-colored, spongy wood.

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ambatch British  

/ ˈæmˌbætʃ /

noun

1. a tree or shrub of the Nile Valley, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, valued for its light-coloured pithlike wood

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Etymology

Origin of ambatch

1860–65; perhaps < a source akin to Amharic əmb ( w ) ac'o, name for Rumex alismafolius

Example Sentences

Our native traders arrived daily in fleets of ambatch canoes from a considerable distance.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

I sent Abdullah with orders to the king, Quat Kare, to collect all his people with their ambatch canoes to assist us in raising the wreck.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

There was no ambatch wood, but I thought we might form rafts by cutting and then drying in the sun the long tough stems of the papyrus rush.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

I always carried a harpoon in the boat with the rope and ambatch float.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Last year we were five hours from the ambatch bush to the dubba.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir