Bateau
Bateau ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French bateau, Late Latin batellus, from battus, batus, boat, which agrees with Anglo-Saxon bāt boat: compare Welsh bad boat. See Boat, n.]
A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers.
Collocations (1)
Bateau bridge , a floating bridge supported by bateaux.