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narrow boat

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narrow boat
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(Transport / Nautical Terms) a long narrow bargelike boat with a beam of 2.1 metres (7 feet) or less, used on canals
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Noun1.narrow boatnarrow boat - a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
canal boat, narrowboat
boat - a small vessel for travel on water


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Now this rock it has met has been a long and narrow boat, manned by six or eight men, who have surprised and plundered it, some dark and stormy night, near some desert and gloomy island, as bandits plunder a carriage in the recesses of a forest.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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