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flatboat

  (flăt'bōt') pronunciation
n.

A boat with a flat bottom and square ends used for transporting freight on inland waterways.


 
 
WordNet: flatboat
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
  Synonyms: barge, hoy, lighter


 
Wikipedia: flatboat

A Flatboat is a rectangular boat with a flat bottom and square ends used to transport freight on inland waterways. Essentially a large, sturdy raft, a flatboat also had a raised edge. A flatboat was almost always a one-way vessel, and was usually dismantled for lumber when it reached its downstream destination. Varieties of flatboat in the early 19th century included the mid-range broadhorn and Kentucky boat, and the longer-range New Orleans boat, which was fully covered.

Depiction, smaller flatboat.
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Depiction, smaller flatboat.

An average of 3,000 flatboats descended the Ohio River each year between 1810 and 1820.

Abraham Lincoln twice piloted a flatboat carrying produce from Illinois to New Orleans (1828, 1831).

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Reference

  • Bogan, Dallas (1979). Warren County, Ohio and Beyond, 162. 

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