† ballatoonn.

Forms: 1700s balatoon, 1700s–1800s ballatoon.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. N.E.D. (1885) gives the pronunciation as (bælătū·n) /bæləˈtuːn/.

Obsolete.

A heavy barge or boat used on Russian rivers for the transport of timber.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying timber

wood-bush1587

ballatoon1725

wood-vessel1796

timberer1849

1725 D. Defoe Gen. Hist. Discov. xv. 179 The antient Muscovites had Vessels on the Wolga which carry'd a vast Burthen down that mighty river to Astracan,... These Boats, which I say I have been told of, they call'd Balatoons.

1728 D. Defoe Plan Eng. Commerce i. 57 Those Ballatoons it seems had each 100 or 110 or 120 Men employ'd in them to drag them along.

1778 Encycl. Brit. II. 973/2 Ballatoons, large heavy luggage-boats used for carrying wood by the river from Astracan and the Caspian sea to Moscow.

1871 L. Colange Zell's Pop. Encycl. I. 207/1 Ballatoon, a large flat-bottomed boat or barge used in Russia for the carriage of timber by water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ballatoon
释义	† ballatoonn. Forms: 1700s balatoon, 1700s–1800s ballatoon. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. N.E.D. (1885) gives the pronunciation as (bælătū·n) /bæləˈtuːn/. Obsolete. A heavy barge or boat used on Russian rivers for the transport of timber. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying timber wood-bush1587 ballatoon1725 wood-vessel1796 timberer1849 1725 D. Defoe Gen. Hist. Discov. xv. 179 The antient Muscovites had Vessels on the Wolga which carry'd a vast Burthen down that mighty river to Astracan,... These Boats, which I say I have been told of, they call'd Balatoons. 1728 D. Defoe Plan Eng. Commerce i. 57 Those Ballatoons it seems had each 100 or 110 or 120 Men employ'd in them to drag them along. 1778 Encycl. Brit. II. 973/2 Ballatoons, large heavy luggage-boats used for carrying wood by the river from Astracan and the Caspian sea to Moscow. 1871 L. Colange Zell's Pop. Encycl. I. 207/1 Ballatoon, a large flat-bottomed boat or barge used in Russia for the carriage of timber by water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1725
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