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Definition of bateau in English: bateaunounPlural bateaux ˈbatəʊbaˈtō A light flat-bottomed riverboat used in Canada. Example sentencesExamples - In addition to revealing the lives of black schooner and lightermen, Cecelski discusses canal building, bateaux boating, rafting, levee work, and various kinds of fishing.
- The bateau was a unique and distinctive feature of north woods river driving, that is getting logs downstream from the woods to mills, railroads, and communities for use.
- As night fell, the wind began to howl and snow and sleet battered the bateaux wherein Washington's amphibious force sat, prepared to fight.
- Riverboats eclipsed canoes in the early nineteenth century, the 12-15 ton carrying capacity of the bateau proving more alluring than the five tons carried by the largest canoe.
- Cajun boaters invented a flatboat called the bateau, to pass through shallow swamps.
Origin Early 18th century: French, 'boat'. Rhymes chateau, gateau, gelato, plateau Definition of bateau in US English: bateaunounbaˈtō A light flat-bottomed riverboat used in eastern and central North America. Example sentencesExamples - As night fell, the wind began to howl and snow and sleet battered the bateaux wherein Washington's amphibious force sat, prepared to fight.
- In addition to revealing the lives of black schooner and lightermen, Cecelski discusses canal building, bateaux boating, rafting, levee work, and various kinds of fishing.
- Cajun boaters invented a flatboat called the bateau, to pass through shallow swamps.
- The bateau was a unique and distinctive feature of north woods river driving, that is getting logs downstream from the woods to mills, railroads, and communities for use.
- Riverboats eclipsed canoes in the early nineteenth century, the 12-15 ton carrying capacity of the bateau proving more alluring than the five tons carried by the largest canoe.
Origin Early 18th century: French, ‘boat’. |