barge

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
barge/bɑːʤ/

▶noun

• 1 a long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals and rivers.

  ■ a long ornamental boat used for pleasure or on ceremonial occasions.

• 2 a boat used by the chief officers of a warship.

▶verb

• 1 move forcefully or roughly.

  ■ (barge in) intrude or interrupt rudely or awkwardly.

• 2 convey by barge.

– origin ME: from OFr., perh. based on Gk baris ‘Egyptian boat’.