bateau
[ ba-toh; French ba-toh ]
/ bæˈtoʊ; French baˈtoʊ /
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noun, plural ba·teaux [ba-tohz; French ba-toh]. /bæˈtoʊz; French baˈtoʊ/.
Also batteau. Nautical.
- Chiefly Canadian and Southern U.S.. a small, flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers.
- a half-decked, sloop-rigged boat used for fishing on Chesapeake Bay; skipjack.
- (in some regions) a scow.
a pontoon of a floating bridge.
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bateau
/ (bæˈtəʊ, French bato) /
noun plural -teaux (-təʊz, French -to)
a light flat-bottomed boat used on rivers in Canada and the northern US
Word Origin for bateau
C18: from French: boat, from Old French batel, from Old English bāt; see boat
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