barge

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
3. A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
4. A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
5. One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
6. The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
7. A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
   US
8. A large bus used for excursions.
   US, dated, dialectal, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“Not far from the station can be seen one of the old barges of the Nar Navigation Company which has become⟳ so much a part of the bank it has a tree growing in it.”

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