batteau

English

Noun

batteau (plural batteaux)

1. Alternative form of bateau
   • 1867, Simeon Thayer, Edwin Martin Stone, The Invasion of Canada in 1775, page 6:

     The remainder of the men were employed in unbarreling our Pork and stringing it on poles for convenience of carriage, and carrying our Batteaux from the river to the pond.

Middle French

Noun

batteau m (plural batteaux)

1. boat (watercraft smaller than a ship)