1. 20 Huck was sitting on the gunwale of a flatboat, listlessly dangling his feet in the water and looking very melancholy.

2. 36 synonyms for Barge: canal boat, lighter, narrow boat, scow, flatboat, force, break, push, blast, thrust, interrupt, break in (on), muscle in (on)

3. 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).

4. 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)