narrow boat in English

noun
1
a canal boat less than 7 feet (2.1 m) wide with a maximum length of 70 feet (21.3 m) and steered with a tiller rather than a wheel.
The basin fills up with colourful narrowboats from far and wide, and the banks are packed out with the folk who congregate at events such as this.

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1. Above: The elaborately decorated cabin of a narrow boat.

2. Barge definition: A Barge is a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom

3. The wind howled dolefully, making the narrow boat sway and rock at her moorings.

4. 3 The wind howled dolefully, making the narrow boat sway and rock at her moorings.

5. / kəˈnuː.ɪst / a person travelling in a canoe (= a small, light, narrow boat, pointed at both ends): A group of Canoeists paddled past

6. 36 synonyms for Barge: canal boat, lighter, narrow boat, scow, flatboat, force, break, push, blast, thrust, interrupt, break in (on), muscle in (on)

7. A Barge is a long, narrow boat built with a flat bottom, traditionally designed for carrying heavy cargo over water, particularly on inland waterways

8. Canalboat definition is - a boat for use on a canal; especially : a long narrow boat having a bluff nearly vertical bow and stern that give it large freight capacity.

9. Bargee (215) IMDb 6.4 1 h 41 min 13+ Hemel Pike - Hemel because his parents' narrow boat happened to be moored at Hemel Hempstead at the time - is his name

10. UK uk / bɑːˈdʒiː / us / bɑːrˈdʒiː / a person who sails or lives on a barge (= a long boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy objects, or a long narrow boat used on canals): Bargees are the captains and …