flatboat

noun

flat·boat ˈflat-ˌbōt

: a boat with a flat bottom and square ends used for transportation of bulky freight especially in shallow waters

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Those who made it safely to New Orleans sold their wares, then sold the warped wood from their flatboats as scrap. —

Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024 As many as a quarter of all flatboats wrecked en route to New Orleans. —

Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024 Broadhorn was another name for a flatboat — square of bow, shallow of draft and requiring little in the way of construction expertise — because the long, curved steering oars were wielded from atop the cabin and appeared like giant horns at a squint. —

Ben McGrath, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Travel writer Rinker Buck built a flatboat and traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. —

Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for flatboat