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ba·teau

[ba-toh; Fr. ba-toh] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -teaux

[-tohz; Fr. -toh] Pronunciation Key.

Also, batteau. Nautical.

a.	Chiefly Canadian and Southern U.S.. a small, flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers.

b.	a half-decked, sloop-rigged boat used for fishing on Chesapeake Bay; skipjack.

c.	(in some regions) a scow.

2.	a pontoon of a floating bridge.

[Origin: 1705–15, Americanism; < F; OF batel, equiv. to bat (< OE bāt boat) + -el dim. suffix < L -ellus; see -elle

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ba·teau also bat·teau (bā-tō') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ba·teaux also bat·teaux (-tōz') Nautical

Canada & New England A long, light, flatbottom boat with a sharply pointed bow and stern.
South Atlantic & Gulf States A small, light, flatbottom rowboat.

[Canadian and Louisiana French, from French, boat, from Old French batel, from Old English bāt; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

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Bateau

Ba*teau"\, n.; pl. Bateaux. [F. bateau, LL. batellus, fr. battus, batus, boa, which agrees with AS. b[=a]t boat: cf. W. bad boat. See Boat, n.] A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, batteau.]

Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

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