scow


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scow /skaʊ/
noun N. Amer.
  • 1 a wide-beamed sailing dinghy.
  • 2 a flat-bottomed boat used for transporting cargo to and from ships in harbour.
– origin C17: from Du. schouw ‘ferry boat’.
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