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Webster 1913 Edition
Bateau
‖
Ba-teau′
,Noun.
pl.
Bateaux
. [F. ]
bateau
, LL. batellus
, fr. battus
, batus
, boat, which agrees with AS. bāt
boat: cf. W. bad
boat. See Boat
, Noun.
A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers.
[Written also, but less properly,
batteau
.] Bateau bridge
, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bateau
BATEAU
,Noun.