bateaun.
A light river boat; esp. the long tapering boats with flat bottoms used by the French Canadians. Cf. battoe 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 in New Jersey Archives (1882) IV. 137 If you have not engaged Sloops for Albany they may go from hence in Bateaux.
1711 in New Jersey Archives (1882) IV. 318 I pressed all the carpenters in the place..for the dispatch of these batteaux.
1759 Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 44/2 Dangerous to venture his troops..upon the water in open batteaux.
1775 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 447 About one Regiment..are still employed..as batteau-men on the lakes.
1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. iv. 60 The batteau shot into the circle of light.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) i. 4 The making of batteaux is quite a business here.
1884 Cent. Mag. Apr. 826 The bateau which was to carry Mr. Lincoln.
1905 G. E. Cole Early Oregon i. 12 The batteau which was to bring our luggage would not be there for several hours.
1947 Amer. Dial. Soc. Pubn. VIII. 34 Bateau: In southern Virginia this is not a small boat but a flat-bottomed freight boat.
Compounds
bateau-bridge n. a floating bridge supported by bateaux.
bateau line n. (also bateau neckline) Dressmaking a décolletage having a bow-shaped curve from shoulder to shoulder; cf. boat neck n. at boat n.1 Compounds 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > neck-line > types of
décolletage1894
décolletée1907
V-neck1910
boat neckline1921
boat neck1922
bateau line1923
halter neck(line)1935
jewel neckline1935
crew neckline1939
jewel neck1940
plunging neckline1940
plunge neckline1941
scoop neck1953
scooped neckline1956
sabrina neckline1959
sweetheart neck1965
1923 Daily Mail 20 Feb. 14 The bateau neck-line... This décolletage still retains its popularity.
1923 Daily Mail 1 Mar. 15 The bateau line is still seen on smart gowns.
1961 Guardian 30 Mar. 9/3 The very latest knitted jumpers have..bateau necklines.
bateau-mouche n. a boat which takes sightseers on the Seine in Paris.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] > on rivers or canals
riverboat1565
budgerow1727
passage-barge1804
fly-boat1841
bateau-mouche1903
1903 H. James Ambassadors xii. xxxiv. 434 An hour with his present friend on a bateau-mouche.
1938 W. S. Maugham Summing Up 19 I used to go down with him every Sunday by the Seine on a bateau-mouche.
bateau-necked adj. Dressmaking of a garment: having a bateau neckline.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > neckline
decolouredc1430
high1590
low-cuta1600
low1818
low-necked1830
low-neck1858
décolleté1884
semi-high1905
boat-shaped1921
turtle-necked1931
crew neck1940
polo-collared1946
polo-necked1948
plunge-line1949
plunge-necked1949
crew-necked1950
plunge neck1951
scoop-necked1955
bateau-necked1959
1959 Times 31 July 8/4 A simple bodice often bateau-necked.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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