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scow

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scow  (skou)
n.
A large flatbottom boat with square ends, used chiefly for transporting freight.
[Dutch schouw, from Middle Dutch scouwe.]
scow [skaʊ]
n
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) an unpowered barge used for freight; lighter
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (esp in the midwestern US) a sailing yacht with a flat bottom, designed to plane
[via Dutch schouw from Low German schalde, related to Old Saxon skaldan to push (a boat) into the sea]
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Noun1.scowscow - any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
boat - a small vessel for travel on water
2.scow - a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold
barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter - a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
Translations
scow [skaʊ] N → gabarra f
scow
n (Naut) → Prahm m


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A bow-wow is good on a scow when all hands sleep alongside the dock or in an anchor watch.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
I said that it was impossible, and Charley agreed; yet there was a whole fleet, manned by men who knew us only too well, and who took no more notice of us than if we were a hay scow or a pleasure yacht.
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And I'm not married, Virginia, and never have been; but I shall be if this miserable old mud scow ever reaches Singapore.
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