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Synonyms for flatboat


Grammar : Noun
Spell : flat-boht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈflætˌboʊt



Définition of flatboat

Origin :
  • 1650s, from flat (adj.) + boat (n.).
  • As in barge : noun large work boat
Example sentences :
  • The launching of that flatboat was made a feast-day in the neighborhood.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln » by Wayne Whipple
  • Yet the steamboat did not drive the flatboat from the Western rivers.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • Did you meet a flatboat floating down the river about an hour ago?
  • Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic
  • This was the establishing of steamboat and flatboat communication with New Orleans.
  • Extract from : « Quilts » by Marie D. Webster
  • They had found the negro's flatboat, and carried it to the stream.
  • Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
  • "Here is a flatboat," said Ben, who was the first to discover it.
  • Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
  • You wasn't at the block-house, Dan'l, when the flatboat stopped there?
  • Extract from : « The Phantom of the River » by Edward S. Ellis
  • The one point was to get the flatboat away from land, and out into the stream.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom of the River » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Because they are scared, as all of you were by the flatboat and its sail.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom of the River » by Edward S. Ellis
  • The long knives had angry words with the men who would pole the flatboat.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea

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