A bateau or batteau is a shallow- draft, flat-bottomed boat which was used extensively across North America, especially in the colonial period and in the fur trade.

The meaning of BATEAU is any of various small craft; especially : a flat-bottomed boat with raked bow and stern and flaring sides.

English Translation of “BATEAU” | The official Collins French-English Dictionary online. Over 100,000 English translations of French words and phrases.

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BATEAU translate: boat, boat. Learn more in the Cambridge French-English Dictionary.

bateau (bæˈtəʊ; French bato) n, pl -teaux (-təʊz; French -to) (Nautical Terms) a light flat-bottomed boat used on rivers in Canada and the northern US [C18: from French: boat, from Old French batel, from …