bateau


ba·teau

also bat·teau (bă-tō′)n. pl. ba·teaux also bat·teaux (-tōz′) 1. Canada & New England A long, light, flatbottom boat with a sharply pointed bow and stern.2. South Atlantic & Gulf States A small, light, flatbottom rowboat.
[Canadian and Louisiana French, from French, boat, from Old French batel, from Old English bāt; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

bateau

(bæˈtəʊ; French bato) n, pl -teaux (-təʊz; French -to) (Nautical Terms) a light flat-bottomed boat used on rivers in Canada and the northern US[C18: from French: boat, from Old French batel, from Old English bāt; see boat]

ba•teau

(bæˈtoʊ)

n., pl. -teaux (-ˈtoʊz) a small flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers. [1705–15, Amer.; < French; Old French batel <bat, boat]