flat|boat

flat|boat
flat|boat «FLAT BOHT», noun, verb.
–n.
a large boat with a flat bottom and squared off at both ends, formerly much used for carrying goods on a river or canal: »

Down the Ohio drifted the flatboats and rafts (Atlantic).

–v.t.
to transport in a flatboat: »

The supplies are flatboated through the canal.


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