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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