radeau

[ruh-doh]

ra·deau

[ruh-doh]
noun, plural ra·deaux [-doh, -dohz] .
an armed scow, variously rigged, used as a floating battery during the american revolution.

Origin:
1750–60; < French: raft < Provençal radel < Vulgar Latin *ratellus, diminutive of Latin ratis raft
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