Definition of "bateaux" [bateaux]

• Plural of bateau. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "First made for freight boats called bateaux, it was upgraded between 1840 and 1850 to accommodate larger boats towed by mules and horses."
• "Day in and day out, they labored with the bateaux and canoes, fought mosquitoes and other kindred pests, or sweated and swore at the portages."
• "Dumas assigned a detachment to guard the captured artillery and stores, and he sent to Fort Duquesne for relief for the wounded and bateaux to ship the English goods."