bullboat

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noun

A shallow, small, round skin-covered boat used by the American Indians.

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Meanings

nounbullboat (plural bullboats)

plural bullboats · alternative bull boat · alternative bull-boat

  1. A shallow, small, round skin-covered boat used by the American Indians.

    As soon as they saw Hunt’s party they yelled at the top of their voices for food. Hunt quickly ordered his men to construct a bullboat, using the hide of a slaughtered horse wrapped around a bowl-shaped wooden frame.

    2015, Stark, Peter, Astoria : Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier, Ecco, page 159

Origin

bull + boat

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APA

bullboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullboat

MLA

“bullboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullboat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bullboat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullboat.

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