batteau

[ ba-toh; French ba-toh ]

noun,plural bat·teaux [ba-tohz; French ba-toh]. /bæˈtoʊz; French baˈtoʊ/. Nautical.

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How to use batteau in a sentence

  • At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.

  • As the batteau ran up on the beach below Redmon, Natty did not ask them to the house, but no one was surprised at that.

    A Changed Heart | May Agnes Fleming
  • She had rowed herself to town in her batteau, but the sail back was inconceivably pleasanter.

    A Changed Heart | May Agnes Fleming
  • Footnote 23: A batteau is a kind of scow or flat-boat, used on shallow streams like the Hudson above Waterford.

  • Give me half an hour to get into a batteau on the river and then you may tell him all.

    Sons and Fathers | Harry Stillwell Edwards