balize

See also: Balize

English

Etymology

From French balise; compare Spanish balisa.

Noun

balize (plural balizes)

1. (obsolete) A pole, post or frame used as a sea beacon or road waymark.
   • 1878, The Municipal Code of the Province of Quebec:

     The line thereof is marked by balizes of spruce, cedar or other wood

References

• “balize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Verb

balize

1. inflection of balizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative