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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of bateau.

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Examples

  • First made for freight boats called bateaux, it was upgraded between 1840 and 1850 to accommodate larger boats towed by mules and horses.

    Vintage Canal Boats 1998

  • Day in and day out, they labored with the bateaux and canoes, fought mosquitoes and other kindred pests, or sweated and swore at the portages.

    In a Far Country 2010

  • Dumas assigned a detachment to guard the captured artillery and stores, and he sent to Fort Duquesne for relief for the wounded and bateaux to ship the English goods.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Dumas assigned a detachment to guard the captured artillery and stores, and he sent to Fort Duquesne for relief for the wounded and bateaux to ship the English goods.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Day in and day out, they labored with the bateaux and canoes, fought mosquitoes and other kindred pests, or sweated and swore at the portages.

    In a Far Country 2010

  • Dumas assigned a detachment to guard the captured artillery and stores, and he sent to Fort Duquesne for relief for the wounded and bateaux to ship the English goods.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Dumas assigned a detachment to guard the captured artillery and stores, and he sent to Fort Duquesne for relief for the wounded and bateaux to ship the English goods.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Plenty of what they call “bateaux mouches” start from the city heart.,

    Heading to paris… « The Paradigm Shift 2008

  • Là les enfants attendent des bateaux, qui dans l'île sont allés, au milieu du lac plein de rires:

    Archive 2009-09-01 David McDuff 2009

  • Il est probable que les premiers sous-marins nucléaires lanceurs d'engins et leurs bateaux d'escorte, pour la plupart américains, devraient stationner à La Rochelle à partir de 2011, voire dès le début de l'année prochaine.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

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