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Durham boats

Durham boats is the plural of Durham boat.

Meaning of Durham boat

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used on many of the interior waterways of North America beginning in the middle of the 18th century, and eventually superseded by more efficient canal boats.

Questions about Durham boats

What is Durham boats the plural of?
Durham boats is the plural of Durham boat.

Words near Durham boats in the dictionary

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

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