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bull⋅boat

  [bool-boht]
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–noun
a lightweight, shallow-draft boat made of hides stretched over a wooden frame and used by Plains Indians.
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; bull 1 + boat
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bull·boat   (bŏŏl'bōt')   
n.  A shallow, saucer-shaped skin boat used especially by Plains Indians for transporting possessions and sometimes persons across rivers or streams.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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