Narrowboats

Word NARROWBOATS
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Definitions and meanings of "Narrowboats"

What do we mean by narrowboats?

A barge used on the narrow canals of England.

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The word "narrowboats" in example sentences

A must-see for canal boat fans, it has many historic narrowboats moored in the basin. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In its heyday, Limehouse Basin was a working dock, a place of intense activity as foreign cargoes were unloaded on to narrowboats and transported to the north. ❋ Mark King (2010)

Some of her tasks include clearing the canals of invasive weeds, helping to ensure the survival of wildlife, and helping barges and narrowboats through the many locks in her region. ❋ Mark King (2010)

Rising abruptly from the plain and its hobbity world of thatch and narrowboats, Beeston Castle is every warlike child's dream. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And one of my strongest memories of those days - it can only date from 1969 and 1970 - is the Fellows, Morton & Clayton narrowboats that still carried cargo along the Grand Union. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At worst, my narrowboats would stop running, and you would have to find other merchants to deal with. ❋ Sanderson_Brandon (2006)

Dozens of men trudged along the towpath — a small road alongside the canal — pulling the four barges and two narrowboats that made up their convoy. ❋ Sanderson_Brandon (2006)

In a psychedelic way it reminded Nancy of the layout of the narrowboats her parents had hired for canal holidays when she was a child. ❋ Walters, Minette (2002)

Others are seeking support, or hard cash, to lift their narrowboats out of decades of disrepair. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There are more than 2,000 narrowboats moored on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A third site - slightly further along the canal - would be required for parking and he would also like to see a tearoom on two or three narrowboats moored next to the site. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And when you've finished contemplating it you can return to the river, with its locks and narrowboats or take in a play at the The Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge has stood on the edge of Epping Forest for nearly half a millennium. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The cast iron trough he designed soars 38 metres above the valley floor, regularly carrying narrowboats safely3 over the valley. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My running also takes me to the Grand Union Canal, in which I nearly fell earlier in the week as a brown hen popped out from under one of the narrowboats, followed by three fluffy chicks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the summer it is packed with walkers, mountain bikers and people passing by on their narrowboats. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Manor Arms is an excellent location for people stopping by on their narrowboats or ramblers walking along the side of the canal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"But equally, three more eager volunteers could jump on board and power along in half the time - that is the nature of narrowboats." ❋ Unknown (2009)

However he said it had been feared some of the narrowboats would be unable to make it to the festival because of a collapse in part of the Stourbridge Canal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mr Grice said: "As always we have had a lot of bookings and interest but we fear the number of narrowboats could be slightly down on previous years because of the problems with the Stourbridge Canal." ❋ Unknown (2008)

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