shallow-draught

Fifteen miles or more to the western end at Abermenai, but the smaller shallow-draught ships, oared by twenty rowers, could cover that distance rapidly.

His Disposition 2010

Look at "George Washington Crossing the Delaware": people and horses standing up in a small, shallow-draught boat just for starters but I do know that kind of painting is always intended to be theatrical rather than historical.

DesignerBlog Will 2009

However, if we do take Crichley's point that there is a general shortage of shallow-draught patrol vessels, then the situation is even worse than he makes out.

Archive 2007-04-01 Helen 2007

The boat was a crude, shallow-draught affair with an almost flat bottom.

The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

An event of great importance was the introduction in 1860 of shallow-draught steel gunboats to be used against the piratical Moros of Mindanao.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Moored to the docks or anchored in the harbor were several shallow-draught "tin-clad" coast-patrol craft from the staffs of which streamed the red and yellow bars of Spain.

Rainbow's End Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

In a moment appeared the _Lucy Belle_, a shallow-draught, flimsy-looking double decker, with two slim smokestacks side by side connected by a band of fancy grill-work, a walking beam, two huge paddle boxes and much white paint.

The Adventures of Bobby Orde Stewart Edward White 1909

Next morning they left by rail for Leopoldville, where they found waiting for them the _Leopold_, a shallow-draught steamer of some two hundred tons.

The Pools of Silence 1907

This matter had reference to the dearth of shallow-draught vessels in the slave squadron vessels capable of following the slavers in over the bars of the African rivers and fighting them upon equal terms.

A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Harry Collingwood 1886

The vessel reached across the narrow channel and went in stays quite close to the tree-clad northern shore of the lagoon -- thus at once exhibiting her own exceedingly shallow-draught of water and her skipper's intimate knowledge of the locality -- just as the barque in turn hove in sight.

A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Harry Collingwood 1886