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flatboat - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun
from The Century Dictionary.
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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
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I recalled the flatboat captain's warning that Old Thares would smell far worse than the timber fires had.
Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005
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.
The Phantom of the River Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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 2009
Mr. Grady called a halt to their travel well before sundown, and they poled the flatboat to the shore.
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
Grady is to bring the flatboat with more supplies, and we leave early tomorrow.
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
A central character in the tale is Reuben Kemper, who came down the Mississippi from the Ohio Territory in a merchandise-laden flatboat , accompanied by a business partner, John Smith.
When the Bayou Broke Away Stuart Ferguson 2011
Cay was in bed asleep, dreaming about being on the flatboat and floating down the calm, peaceful Florida river.
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
In the third week, they pulled the flatboat half out of the water and began a trek inland to see some ruins that Mr. Grady had heard about.
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
She staggered backward but managed to hold on to it even though she hit the side of the little building that stood at the far end of the flatboat .
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
“A few months on a flatboat in such splendor will give you time to think and to remember.”
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
skipvia commented on the word flatboat
See barge board.
February 15, 2008