batteau

[ ba-toh; French ba-toh ]

/ bæˈtoʊ; French baˈtoʊ /

bateau(def 1).

Words nearby batteau

She had rowed herself to town in her batteau, but the sail back was inconceivably pleasanter.

A Changed Heart |May Agnes Fleming
Footnote 23: A batteau is a kind of scow or flat-boat, used on shallow streams like the Hudson above Waterford.

The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 |Abraham Tomlinson
The batteau is a sort of mongrel between the canoe and the boat, a fur-trader's boat.

The Maine Woods |Henry David Thoreau
A moment later he heard his name spoken, then found himself awash in the bottom of a gamekeeper's batteau.

The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure |Rex Beach

Presently the batteau shot into the circle of light, and in an instant she was pulled to the shore.

The Pioneers |James Fenimore Cooper