Meaning & use
Bateaux
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Plural of 'bateau': light, flat-bottomed boats historically used for transport on rivers and lakes, especially in early North America.
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Fur traders used bateaux to navigate the shallow rivers of the interior.
Reenactors paddled replica bateaux across the lake for the festival.
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Borrowed from French 'bateau' (boat); frequently associated with French-Canadian and colonial American river trade.
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