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Flatboat   /flˈætbˌoʊt/   Listen
Flatboat

noun
1.
A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).  Synonyms: barge, hoy, lighter.






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"Flatboat" Quotes from Famous Books



... most feasible way to work these banks was from a boat; consequently in the summer of 1910 our party proceeded to the town of Red Deer, where the Calgary-Edmonton railroad crosses the river. There a flatboat, twelve by thirty feet in dimension, was constructed on lines similar to a western ferry boat, having a carrying capacity of eight tons with a twenty-two foot oar at each end to direct its course. The rapid current averaging about four miles ...
— Dinosaurs - With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections • William Diller Matthew



Words linked to "Flatboat" :   pontoon, lighter, boat, wherry, scow, dredger, Norfolk wherry, houseboat, barge



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