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keelboat
[ keel-boht ]
noun
- a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
keelboat
/ ˈkiːlˌbəʊt /
noun
- a river boat with a shallow draught and a keel, used for freight and moved by towing, punting, or rowing
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Somewhere on the upper river Sublette sent the boat back, and proceeded by keelboat to Fort Union.
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The best cabin in a keelboat had been furnished in sumptuous style for the accommodation of the self-indulgent chief.
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A keelboat was generally manned by ten hands, principally Canadian French, and a patroon or master.
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Then a broken and waterlogged keelboat, fully twenty-five feet long, scurried past, a great menace to every boat afloat.
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About sundown a keelboat came down the river and landed, bearing three dead bodies and several wounded.
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