scow
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scows, plural;
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scows, plural;
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A wide-beamed sailing dinghy
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A flat-bottomed boat with sloping ends used as a lighter and in dredging and other harbor services
Web Definitions:
- any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
- a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold
- A scow, in the original sense, is a flat bottomed boat with a blunt bow, often used to haul bulk freight; cf. barge. The etymology of the word is from the Dutch schouwe, meaning such a boat.
- In sailing, the A-Scow is a large sailing scow. It is 38 feet long and with reported top speeds of over 25 knots. With its rules of design, also known as scantlings, first being written in 1901, the A-Scow has a significant history. ...
- A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends; To transport in a scow
- A boat with a flat bottom and square ends.
- another term for a deck cargo barge having a hull design of a flat bottom, square ended rakes, and usually with a deck cargo bin. back
- Any flat-bottomed, nonself-propelled, rectangular vessel with sloping ends. Large scows are used to transport sand, gravel, or refuse.
- Flat-bottomed sailing boat of simple but robust construction detail, used for moving cargo.
- a flat-bottomed floating vessel with a rectangular hull, sloping ends, and no means of propulsion; commonly used as a support in a temporary bridge
- A flat-bottomed sailing boat formerly used for transporting freight to and from minor ports around New Zealand
- A scow is a large flat bottom boat, sometimes used to carry mud from a dredge.
- 1. A method of preparing an anchor for tripping by attaching an anchor cable to the crown and fixing to the ring by a light seizing (also known as becue). The seizing can be broken if the anchor becomes fouled. 2. A type of clinker dinghy, characteristically beamy and slow.