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noun, feminine

madrague

/ma.dʁaɡ/

noun, feminine/ma.dʁaɡ/plural: madragues

madrague (a large fish pound used for the capture of tuna in the Mediterranean, now a forbidden practice in places)

Borrowed from Spanish almadraba, from Arabic مضربة (maḍraba), ضرب (ḍaraba). Attested since 1679.