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scow::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | boat |
Examples of scow
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The restored scow Jane Gifford now takes tourists for sails up the Mahurangi River.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Scow donates countless hours and thousands of dollars to the home each year.
From the sltrib.com
More scow than ship, the 24-year-old Pueblo seemed singularly unsuited for her mission.
From the time.com
The stinking scow then headed for a dump site just outside New Orleans.
From the time.com
Scow Canyon and Graveyard Cove were the places to be for bait dunkers.
From the sacbee.com
This vessel, by its technical description, is a ketch-rigged deck scow.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Roosevelt and his men rode a scow downriver for three days, pushing through the ice jams.
From the time.com
Flat-bottomed and flexible scow boats also became widely used for transporting small cargoes.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Scow said she'd done her due diligence before the renaming, even listening to the song beforehand.
From the timesunion.com
- 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.
