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Durham boat

Durham boat noun: a large wooden, flat-bottomed, double-ended freight boat used on many of the interior waterways of North America beginning in the middle of the 18th century, and eventually superseded by more efficient canal boats.

Noun

Durham boat (plural Durham boats)

  1. (historical) A large wooden, flat-bottomed, double-ended freight boat used on many of the interior waterways of North America beginning in the middle of the 18th century, and eventually superseded by more efficient canal boats.

Forms of Durham boat

pluralDurham boats

Questions about Durham boat

What does Durham boat mean?
Durham boat means a large wooden, flat-bottomed, double-ended freight boat used on many of the interior waterways of North America beginning in the middle of the 18th century, and eventually superseded by more efficient canal boats.
What part of speech is Durham boat?
Durham boat is a noun.
What is the plural of Durham boat?
The plural of Durham boat is Durham boats.

Words near Durham boat in the dictionary

  1. Durgin
  2. Durgins
  3. durgy
  4. Durh
  5. Durham
  6. Durham boat
  7. Durham boats
  8. Durham County
  9. Durham Lead
  10. Durham Ox
  11. Durham rule

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