Meanings
nouncanal boat (plural canal boats)
plural canal boats
- businessA long, narrow boat designed to travel on canals.
As the canal boat carries him westward up the Erie he turns and gazes at the Statue of Liberty disappearing on the horizon (not strictly accurate geography, but a fine scene).
1988, Thomas Stearns Eliot, The Letters of T.S. Eliot: 1898-1922, page 63
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
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