Definitions
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- adjective of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline
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Examples
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The vessels I settled on were two large, thin-hulled, and shallow-draft dugouts.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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The vessels I settled on were two large, thin-hulled, and shallow-draft dugouts.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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In addition, six of the service's Disaster Assistance Response Teams, river-rescue units equipped with shallow-draft, flat-bottomed boats, were staging in areas that are expected to be hit by flood waters.
Irene Rakes Coast, Leaves Thousands Without Power Mike Esterl 2011
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The monsoon arrived while I was in a shallow-draft boat traveling over a village that was now underwater.
Waterworld 2008
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The monsoon arrived while I was in a shallow-draft boat traveling over a village that was now underwater.
Waterworld 2008
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Sitting above us, Hiawatha straddled a large Lear aircraft prop engine that powered her shallow-draft craft.
Going Mutant Dr. Barry Leed 2010
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The monsoon arrived while I was in a shallow-draft boat traveling over a village that was now underwater.
Waterworld 2008
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Waterways: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft (2006)
Rwanda 2008
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Waterways: 1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2005)
Guinea 2008
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Guinea1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2005)
Waterways 2008
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