batteau

American  

[ba-toh, ba-toh] / bæˈtoʊ, baˈtoʊ /

noun

Nautical.

batteaux plural

1. bateau.

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Example Sentences

In July I started up the St. Croix river with Joseph Brewster, in a batteau, to put up hay for Elam Greely on Kanabec river.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman

After another and another lingering kiss, the boatman expressed some impatience, and she tore herself from their arms and stepped into the waiting batteau.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

Then, with the steamer’s boat in tow the batteau was taken back into the mouth of the creek and securely anchored to the bank to be called for by Colonel Snow’s men the following fall.

From The Boy Scouts on the Yukon by Mencl, Rudolf

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

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.