flatboats in English

noun
1
a cargo boat with a flat bottom for use in shallow water.
Cajun boaters invented a flatboat called the bateau, to pass through shallow swamps.
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1. Bargemen was a term used interchangeably with "keelboatmen," "bargers," and "keelers." It applied to men who operated riverboats that traveled upstream (as distinct from flatboats).

2. Bargemen was a term used interchangeably with "keelboatmen," "bargers," and "keelers." It applied to men who operated riverboats that traveled upstream (as distinct from flatboats)