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rocade

“rocade” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a communication channel behind the front line, allowing soldiers and materiel to move about
  2. bypass, ring road
  3. a kind of twisted-pair cable

In French

  1. Ligne parallèle au front de combat, reliant les divers secteurs et sur laquelle les troupes peuvent se transporter d’un point à un autre.
  2. Boulevard périphérique partiel.
  3. Câble multipaire utilisé pour relier les répartiteurs et les sous-répartiteurs dans les systèmes de pré-câblage.

Etymology

Equivalent to roquer (“to castle (in chess)”) + -ade, by analogy to how the king and rook move behind the line of pawns.

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