Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
bateau .
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- noun Alternative form of
bateau .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of the boats in which the party was embarked, the batteau was a keel-vessel fifty-five feet in length, carrying a large square sail, and manned by twenty-two oars.
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The batteau is a sort of mongrel between the canoe and the boat, a fur-trader's boat.
The Maine Woods 1858
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[Footnote 23: A batteau is a kind of scow or flat-boat, used on shallow streams like the Hudson above Waterford.] [Footnote 24: Saratoga.
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes Abraham Tomlinson
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The batteau neckline a favorite style, the bracelet sleeves and that dashing slip/slit detail action--all I can say is iwantiwantiwantiwantiwantiwant.
Official Dress of the International Woman of Mystery - A Dress A Day 2009
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So you type, under the definition box, ` small boat 'and every word in the English language that -- that has ` small boat' in the definition -- you know, coracle, skiff, batteau or whatever -- appears.
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In this situation, a retreat was inevitable, and made in the utmost precipitation and confusion, with the loss of our cannon on the batteries, provisions, five hundred stands of small arms and a batteau load of powder. . .
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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In this situation, a retreat was inevitable, and made in the utmost precipitation and confusion, with the loss of our cannon on the batteries, provisions, five hundred stands of small arms and a batteau load of powder. . .
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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In this situation, a retreat was inevitable, and made in the utmost precipitation and confusion, with the loss of our cannon on the batteries, provisions, five hundred stands of small arms and a batteau load of powder. . .
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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In this situation, a retreat was inevitable, and made in the utmost precipitation and confusion, with the loss of our cannon on the batteries, provisions, five hundred stands of small arms and a batteau load of powder. . .
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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Il faut passer the Port en batteau pour entrer dans la ville.
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