Flatboat

Word FLATBOAT
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Hyphenation flat boat
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Definitions and meanings of "Flatboat"

What do we mean by flatboat?

A boat with a flat bottom and square ends used for transporting freight on inland waterways. noun

A flat-bottomed boat of considerable size, roughly made of strong timbers, for floating merchandise, etc., down the Mississippi and other western rivers. noun

A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters. noun

A boxy, flat-bottomed boat used for carrying livestock, freight, and people on rivers. noun

A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) noun

A boxy, flat-bottomed boat used for carrying livestock, freight, and people on rivers.

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The word "flatboat" in example sentences

I recalled the flatboat captain's warning that Old Thares would smell far worse than the timber fires had. ❋ Hobb, Robin (2005)

Furthermore, the craft in which the visitor paddled out to the flatboat was the very one, as identified by Jethro, which, in some way, had been recaptured from the ranger. ❋ Edward Sylvester Ellis (1878)

The flatboat is the second of four projects identified as essential to the long-term growth of the Netherland Inn complex. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Grady called a halt to their travel well before sundown, and they poled the flatboat to the shore. ❋ The Scent Of Jasmine (2011)

Grady is to bring the flatboat with more supplies, and we leave early tomorrow. ❋ The Scent Of Jasmine (2011)

A central character in the tale is Reuben Kemper, who came down the Mississippi from the Ohio Territory in a merchandise-laden flatboat, accompanied by a business partner, John Smith. ❋ Stuart Ferguson (2011)

Cay was in bed asleep, dreaming about being on the flatboat and floating down the calm, peaceful Florida river. ❋ The Scent Of Jasmine (2011)

In the third week, they pulled the flatboat half out of the water and began a trek inland to see some ruins that Mr. Grady had heard about. ❋ The Scent Of Jasmine (2011)

Before that, we had wheelwrights and flatboat captains. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She staggered backward but managed to hold on to it even though she hit the side of the little building that stood at the far end of the flatboat. ❋ The Scent Of Jasmine (2011)

"As far as the blessing goes, I find that there's not that much pride in it any more or that much zest for it," said Tony Cuccia, 46, who was pulling his 18-foot flatboat out of the water and taking it down the road to sign up for cleanup duty on the massive BP oil spill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Before it was over, Nguyen had blessed a fiberglass flatboat, a 20-foot Trophy Bayliner and a tiny "pirogue" the traditional flat-bottomed, pointy-ended canoe used by Louisiana bayou folk for generations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“A few months on a flatboat in such splendor will give you time to think and to remember.” ❋ The Scent Of Jasmine (2011)

"But you don't think Mike Fink'd go all the way down the Hio River on the same flatboat with a keg of powder with a fuse coming out of it, do you?" ❋ Unknown (2010)

He jumped down to the flatboat; stumbled a little, from being weak and hurting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

No, if Hooch ever needed to blow up his flatboat, he could just set down and think about it for a while. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Reds all knew the look of his flatboat, stacked high with kegs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"He bring his flatboat of whisky," said Ta-Kumsaw. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A flatboat appears carrying a woman wearing colorful jewelry and her hair in a long black braid. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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