batture
batture (b[schwa]-tyooror ba-toor). [French] Soil, stone, or other material that builds under water and may or may not break the surface. • If batture builds against a bank and breaks the surface, it becomes alluvion. See ALLUVION(2). [Cases: Navigable Waters 44(6); Waters and Water Courses 93. C.J.S. Waters §§ 177–182, 184–185.]