† battoen.
U.S. Obsolete.
= bateau n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > types of
sedge-boat1336
shout1395
scout1419
pink1471
punt-boatc1500
palander1524
pram1531
punt1556
bark1598
sword-pink1614
pont1631
schuit1666
pontoon1681
bateau1711
battoe1711
flight1769
scow1780
keel-boat1786
ferry flat1805
ark1809
panga1811
mackinaw boat1812
mudboat1824
pinkie1840
mackinaw1842
sharpie1860
sculling float1874
pass-boat1875
sled1884
scow sloop1885
sharp1891
johnboat1894
ballahoo1902
pram1929
goelette1948
1711 Boston News-let. 23 July 2/1 All our Battoes are finished.
1758 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XII. 135 I went up ye River in a Battoe with the Baggage.
1770 G. Washington Diary (1925) I. 381 Got the Battoe, and the two Boats round to the Mill with Stone.
1801 M. Austin Jrnl. 25 Apr. in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) I. i. 72 Passed a Battoe in from New Orleans.
Derivatives
battoe man n.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman
boatman1274
waterman1439
boatsman1512
water rat1600
water snake1609
battoe man1756
boathand1821
boatie1826
water-jack1828
floatman1882
river rat1884
1756 in Doc. Hist. N.Y. State (1849) I. 477 Upwards of 500 Battoe Men were sent different Ways into the Woods.
1760 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1883) XX. 199 This Day ye Battoue men marched off.
battoeing n.
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1760 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1883) XX. 199 To Day there was a Draught out of our Company for battowing from fort Miller to fort Edward.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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