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

Hepburn’s sleeveless sheath — with its striking bateau neckline; subtle, cinched waist; and crescent-shaped cutouts in back — was an influential fashion statement.

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

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

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

The frail bateaux, tossing upon the merciless waves of Lake Erie, were overset, driven ashore, and many of them dashed to pieces.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman