flat-boatn.

Forms: (Also as two words.)

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈflat-boat.

1. A broad flat-bottomed boat, used for transport, esp. in shallow waters.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun]

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1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 209 Almost every inhabitant hath his Almady or flat boat, wherein they recreate upon the Lake.

1711 London Gaz. No. 4919/2 They have a great number of flat Boats with them.

1801 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. 21 July (1845) IV. 427 A Flotilla..to consist of Gun-boats and Flat-boats.

1806 Naval Chron. 15 90 He commanded a division of flat boats.

2. U.S. A large roughly-made boat formerly much used for floating goods, etc., down the Mississippi and other western rivers.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > types of

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1801 Massachusetts Spy 25 Nov. 2/5 Exports down the Mississippi,..from 1st January 1801, to 30th June 1801, in 440 flat boats, 26 keel boats, and 7 large canoes—62,033 barrels flour [etc.].

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 199 Notwithstanding the increase of steam-boats in the Mississippi, flat boats are still much in use.

1852 W. B. Dewees & ‘C. Cardelle’ Lett. from Early Settler Texas i. 11 The vessels upon this river consist..mostly of upper country flat boats, (generally called broad-horns).

1883 C. F. Woolson For the Major iv African slaves poling their flat-boats along the Southern rivers.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

ΚΠ

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 200 I felt a strong inclination for a flat-boat voyage down the vast and beautiful Mississippi.

C2.

flatboat-man n. ‘a hand employed on a flat-boat’ (Bartlett).

ΚΠ

1843 Amer. Pioneer 2 272 The keel-boatman regarded the flat-boatmen and raftsmen with great contempt.

1864 J. R. Lowell McClellan's Rep. in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 116 A country where a flatboatman may rise to the top, by virtue of mere manhood.

Derivatives

flat-boat v. U.S. colloquial transitive to transport in a flat-boat.

ΚΠ

1858 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 29 July Fruit, which he flat-boated from Wheeling to that point.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	flat-boat
释义	flat-boatn. Forms: (Also as two words.) Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈflat-boat. 1. A broad flat-bottomed boat, used for transport, esp. in shallow waters. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] plat1449 float1557 flat-bottom1579 tumbrila1625 flat-boat1660 tumbril boat1688 turnel boat1688 flat1749 kettle-bottom1838 flatty1892 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 209 Almost every inhabitant hath his Almady or flat boat, wherein they recreate upon the Lake. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4919/2 They have a great number of flat Boats with them. 1801 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. 21 July (1845) IV. 427 A Flotilla..to consist of Gun-boats and Flat-boats. 1806 Naval Chron. 15 90 He commanded a division of flat boats. 2. U.S. A large roughly-made boat formerly much used for floating goods, etc., down the Mississippi and other western rivers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > types of hulkc1420 wherry1443 hoy1495 wherry-boat1538 boyart1545 hurk1598 bilander1656 galliot-hoy1665 transport-hoy1705 flat-boat1801 shoy-hoy1840 hack boat1863 blood boat1873 blood boat1889 ro-ro1978 1801 Massachusetts Spy 25 Nov. 2/5 Exports down the Mississippi,..from 1st January 1801, to 30th June 1801, in 440 flat boats, 26 keel boats, and 7 large canoes—62,033 barrels flour [etc.]. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 199 Notwithstanding the increase of steam-boats in the Mississippi, flat boats are still much in use. 1852 W. B. Dewees & ‘C. Cardelle’ Lett. from Early Settler Texas i. 11 The vessels upon this river consist..mostly of upper country flat boats, (generally called broad-horns). 1883 C. F. Woolson For the Major iv African slaves poling their flat-boats along the Southern rivers. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 200 I felt a strong inclination for a flat-boat voyage down the vast and beautiful Mississippi. C2. flatboat-man n. ‘a hand employed on a flat-boat’ (Bartlett). ΚΠ 1843 Amer. Pioneer 2 272 The keel-boatman regarded the flat-boatmen and raftsmen with great contempt. 1864 J. R. Lowell McClellan's Rep. in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 116 A country where a flatboatman may rise to the top, by virtue of mere manhood. Derivatives flat-boat v. U.S. colloquial transitive to transport in a flat-boat. ΚΠ 1858 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 29 July Fruit, which he flat-boated from Wheeling to that point. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1660
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