scow
[ skou ]
/ skaʊ /
noun
any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes with or without means of propulsion, as barges, punts, rowboats, or sailboats.
Eastern U.S. a barge carrying bulk material in an open hold.
an old or clumsy boat; hulk; tub.
verb (used with object)
to transport by scow.
RELATED WORDS
raft, dinghy, canoe, sailboat, yacht, craft, barge, ship, catamaran, schooner, gondola, ark, dory, lighter, flatboat, bottom, hulk, launch, skiff, bucket
Nearby words
- scouth,
- scouthood,
- scouting,
- scoutingly,
- scoutmaster,
- scowl,
- scowler,
- scozza,
- scp,
- scpo
Origin of scow
1660–70, Americanism; < Dutch schouw ferryboat
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scow
/ (skaʊ) /
noun
an unpowered barge used for freight; lighter
(esp in the midwestern US) a sailing yacht with a flat bottom, designed to plane
Word Origin for scow
C18: via Dutch schouw from Low German schalde, related to Old Saxon skaldan to push (a boat) into the sea
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scow
"large flat-bottomed boat," 1780, from Dutch schouw "a ferry boat, punt," from Middle Dutch scouwe, related to Old English scaldan, Old Saxon scaldan "to push (a boat) from shore."
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