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

At 11.30 A.M., we passed the solitary ambatch bush on the west bank where the steamer smashed her paddle last year.

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

Reeds, similar in appearance to bamboos but distinct from them, big water-grass, like sugarcanes, excellent fodder for the cattle, and the ever-present ambatch, cover the morasses.

From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile 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