flatboat
noun [ C ] uk/ˈflæt.bəʊt/ us/ˈflæt.boʊt/
平底船
a boat with a flat bottom and square ends for transporting things or people along rivers
He had come down the Ohio river in a flatboat. 他乘坐平底船顺俄亥俄河下行。
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- Flatboats were constructed to haul produce downstream, such as whiskey, chickens, or corn.
- A flatboat required a crew of five to 20 men to steer it and guide it.
- Abraham Lincoln took a flatboat down the Mississippi in 1828.
- River transport by rafts or flatboats was considered to be difficult, hazardous, and costly.