flatboat

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Furthermore, the craft in which the visitor paddled out to the flatboat was the very one, as identified by Jethro, which, in some way, had been recaptured from the ranger.

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

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  • Denton Offutt spent so much time drinking in a tavern at the village of Springfield that the flatboat was not ready when the trio arrived to take it and its cargo down the river. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln, by Wayne Whipple.
  • I heard the lapping of the river against the drifting flatboat, and the calls of early morning birds. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • I recalled the flatboat captain's warning that Old Thares would smell far worse than the timber fires had. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • The flatboat will be dry-docked, not in the water, and people will be able to walk on it. —  Kingsport Times News - Daily 5
  • The flatboat is the second of four projects identified as essential to the long-term growth of the Netherland Inn complex. —  Kingsport Times News - Daily 5
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