bateau

Another 16.5 percent of courts are made of an imitation clay surface that is similar to the terre bateau but plays harder and faster than the softer, traditional clay.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2022

Ms. McIntyre, wearing an ivory crepe wedding gown with a bateau neck by Pronovias, walked down an aisle lighted by stained-glass filtered sunlight.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2020

From the front, the dress was simple enough: sleek and sleeveless with a flattering bateau neckline.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2018

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

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

In the late 18th and 19th centuries, bateaux, flat-bottomed pole boats, navigated the tempestuous James, bringing cash crops such as tobacco, flour and later coal to the Eastern Seaboard.

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

They are then taken to their place of destination, the bateaux returning to the Falls for successive loads, the whole transfer requiring considerable time.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom