flatboat

In the morning, the loading of the flatboat and the getting ready for departure, took all our thought.
In Indian Mexico (1908)|Frederick Starr
Within a minute of reaching the flatboat it seemed that every one of the pioneers was on board.
The Phantom of the River|Edward S. Ellis
When at last he did fall asleep, he dreamed that he was pushing a flatboat along a Louisiana lagoon.
Bobby Blake on a Plantation|Frank A. Warner
Then, in April, he went on his second expedition to New Orleans in a flatboat.
Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln

Night had fallen, the wind blew in violent gusts and the timbers of the flatboat creaked and shuddered.
A Dream of Empire|William Henry Venable

British Dictionary definitions for flatboat

flatboat

/ (ˈflætˌbəʊt) /

noun

any boat with a flat bottom, usually for transporting goods on a canal or river

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