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flat-bottomed

[flat-bot-uh md]

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adjective

(of boats) having a flat bottom.

Origin of flat-bottomed

First recorded in 1575–85

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for flat-bottomed

Historical Examples of flat-bottomed

The troops were taken on shore in flat-bottomed boats, with muffled oars.
The Land We Live In
Henry Mann
He declared that he and Dow could build a flat-bottomed boat in three days.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
H. Hagedorn.
She was flat-bottomed, flat-sided, flat-bowed, and flat-sterned.
The Three Midshipmen
W.H.G. Kingston
The flat-bottomed transports in which horses were embarked in the Crusades.
The Sailor's Word-Book
William Henry Smyth
Underneath the water, they were simply like flat-bottomed scows.
James B. Eads
Louis How