Durham boats

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used on many of the interior waterways of North America beginning in the middle of the 18th century, and eventually superseded by more efficient canal boats.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Durham boat
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