batteau
Americannoun
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batteaux
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Such waves will often buffer off a canoe or batteau, and they must have helped some with the raft.
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
Shortly after leaving Port Talbot, his batteau, pounding in the sea, ran upon a reef that extended far from shore, and despite oars and pike-poles, remained fast.
From The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 by Nursey, Walter R.
And presently I realize it was a batteau, poled slowly shoreward by two tall riflemen in their fringes.
From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
All that I found in the way of relics of the past were some huge cedar stumps, almost covered with silt, and the remains of a demolished batteau.
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
The heavy batteau was transported from Queenston to Chippawa, around the Falls, a distance of twelve miles.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton
There were sour looks and sad, as the main force marched to the batteaux.
From Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier by Severance, Frank H.
The Loyalists not only came in summer, by batteaux or the Schenectady boat, but likewise in winter.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton
The enemy had several batteaux on the lake, and we paddled quietly in the dark till we reached the other shore.
From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by Canavan, M. J. (Michael Joseph)
Pretense of inspection covering the Johnstown district, and to count the batteaux between Schenectady and the Creek of Askalege!
From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
The advanced guard was up and out on the lake before daylight,—the light infantry on the right, our Rangers on the left, and Colonel Bradstreet's batteaux men in the centre.
From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by Canavan, M. J. (Michael Joseph)
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