bullboat

[ bool-boht ]

noun

1. a lightweight, shallow-draft boat made of hides stretched over a wooden frame and used by Plains Indians.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bullboat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; bull ¹ + boat

Example Sentences

There came a splash, a chorus of curses as a bullboat, thrown overboard upside down, slipped away in the darkness.

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