bateau
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“I was suffering, with this heavy bateau of pressure in my head,” he says.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Later, the adjacent hamlet of Columbia became a hub for bateau traffic — the long, flat-bottomed boats that once carried cargo up and down canals to Richmond.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2020
In the picture, Portman is wearing what looks like a Dior-inspired, cherry-red dress with bateau neckline and sizable buttons, complemented by a triple strand of pearls.
From Time ● Dec. 16, 2015
Several boat launches provide access to the East Branch of the Penobscot River, which Thoreau rode on a flat-bottomed bateau on his final visit here in 1857.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2015
The river was dark and a bateau mouche went by, all bright with lights, going fast and quiet up and out of sight under the bridge.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
And that rank “was because of bateaux transporting tobacco,” says Brian Coffield, a historic interpreter at Pleasant Grove Park and president of the Virginia Canals & Navigations Society.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2022
Crews restocked their bateaux with freight for the return trip, which could take as many as 15 days upstream.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2022
He traveled with two Penobscot Indian guides by canoe, in French bateaux, and on foot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2018
“Anyone who’s got a bass boat or bateaux or a pirogue or any kind of water craft, they know what they’re doing.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
So Wade went to the front—to Castonia, sweeping down the swollen Umcolcus in one of Withee’s bateaux with four men at the oars.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
