bateau
noun
Also
bateaux
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pluralof bateau.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And that rank “was because of bateaux transporting tobacco,” says Brian Coffield, a historic interpreter at Pleasant Grove Park and president of the Virginia Canals & Navigations Society.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2022
Crews restocked their bateaux with freight for the return trip, which could take as many as 15 days upstream.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2022
He traveled with two Penobscot Indian guides by canoe, in French bateaux, and on foot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2018
“Anyone who’s got a bass boat or bateaux or a pirogue or any kind of water craft, they know what they’re doing.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
You’ve brought those bateaux over all your own sheer-booms below here—you’ve got your own booms above.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
