4 definitions found for Bateau

bateau also batteau noun (plural bateaux; also batteaux) Etymology: Canadian French, from French, from Old French batel, from Old English bāt boat — more at boat Date: 1711 any of various small craft; especially a flat-bottomed boat with raked bow and stern and flaring sides

bateau
n. (pl. bateaux) a light river-boat, esp. of the flat-bottomed kind used in Canada.
Etymology: F, = boat

bateau n. (pl. bateaux) a light river-boat, esp. of the flat-bottomed kind used in Canada. [F, = boat]

Bateau Ba*teau", n.; pl. Bateaux. [F. bateau, LL. batellus, fr. battus, batus, boa, which agrees with AS. b[=a]t boat: cf. W. bad boat. See Boat, n.] A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, batteau.] Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.