DCHP-3

bonne

[< Cdn F]
Obs., Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a sturdy flat-bottomed boat about 20 ft. long, pointed fore and aft and having a shallow draft, specially designed for use in river drives.

See: bun,pointer(def. 1) and picture

Quotations

1891
Not much baggage could be carried so as not to burthen too heavily the three or four "bonnes," as they call the long, light, flat-bottomed boats, peculiar to lumbermen. . . .