noun / verb
barge
BARJ/bɑːrdʒ/
A flat-bottomed freight boat, or to transport goods by one.
The barge carries a load of gravel along the canal.
Etymology
Old French barge meant a boat or ship generally. In English, the meaning narrowed from a seagoing vessel to river craft, then to the flat-bottomed boats used for carrying freight.
In context
be very mindful of the barges because the barge will always win always doesn't matter your boat they will win always
More examples
- They barged the heavy machinery to the construction site.
- The tug pulled two barges behind it.
- Workers unloaded gravel from the barge.
Forms
barge · barges · barged · barging
Similar words
- ship
- Broader; a barge is usually flat-bottomed and often towed.
- freighter
- A cargo vessel that need not have a barge's shallow hull.