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push-tow
push-tow n.
Brit. 
/ˈpʊʃtəʊ/
, /ˈpʊʃtəʊ/U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌtoʊ/
a line of vessels arranged for push-towing; frequently attributive./ˈpʊʃˌtoʊ/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > which is towed > line of > being push-towed
push-tow1955
tow1976
1955 F. Marbury Push-towing in Waves (M.S. thesis, Mass. Inst. Technol.) i. 1 The standard river pushtow cannot operate in waves.
1964 Marine Engin. Log July 59/1 The economy and flexibility of push-tow operations are gaining favor with Japanese maritime interests.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia III. 758/2 These assemblies of unpowered and individually unmanned barges are known, somewhat illogically, as push tows.
1996 D. Hilling Transport & Developing Countries ii. 70 The problems of the use of large push-tow units in Paraguay have already been noted.
push-tow
push-tow v.
Brit. /ˈpʊʃtəʊ/
, /ˈpʊʃtəʊ/U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌtoʊ/
transitive to move (a line of vessels) by push-towing; also occasionally intransitive./ˈpʊʃˌtoʊ/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > propel boat other than by sail or oars [verb (transitive)] > tow > by specific method
cordelle1812
tug1839
push-tow1955
1955 Bull. Soc. Naval Architects & Marine Engineers Feb. 12/1 Single-screw tugs have been push-towing for many years.
1970 1st Internat. Tug Conf. 1969 272/1 Petroleum barges could be push-towed.
1991 Mining Ann. Rev. (Nexis) June 61 Tugs will push-tow 8,000 t capacity barges to an interchange at New Amsterdam at the mouth of the Berbice river.
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