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batard canoe
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a birchbark canoe about 10m long and capable of carrying two tons of freight in addition to its eight-to-ten-man crew.
Type: 1. Origin — The term was borrowed from French canot batard, meaning a big canoe. It was smaller than the Montreal canoe and larger than the North canoe.
Quotations
1931
Between these two in size was the batard, or "bastard canoe," which was propelled by ten men.
1951
[There were] express and batard canoes.