Draconen.
/ˈdrakəʊn/ A large flexible container for transporting liquids, towed on the surface of the sea.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > which is towed > flexible, containing liquid
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1956 Trinity (Cambr.) Mag. 9/2 The seas will shortly be full of Dracones.
1959 Times 27 Apr. (Suppl.) p. xi/4 The most spectacular of the new flexible containers are the long sausage-shaped nylon and neoprene bags called Dracones.
1963 Daily Tel. 20 Dec. 18/3 The dracone..has been used in Greece to bring fresh water to islands and for the transport of fuel.
1967 New Scientist 2 Nov. 289/1 The Dracone, a towable ‘barge’ made of nylon fabric coated with synthetic rubber for transporting petroleum products, drinking water, etc.
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