narrowboats 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. Bargees were the men who drove narrowboats along canals.
2. Unlike most narrowboats, Oak was built with a cabin forward of the engine in an attempt to provide more living space.