DCHP-3

caboteur

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a French-Canadian wooden coastal vessel ranging from 50 to 500 tons.

Quotations

1962
His boat, the Michel Paulecap Emillie, a 500-ton, 100-foot wooden coastal vessel known as a "caboteur," was waiting too. It is a kind of boat and a way of life that reaches back into the very beginnings of Canadian history.
2n.

a person who operates such a vessel.

Quotations

1962
Perron is a descendant of those first caboteur captains who built the boats to take produce to market. Most of today's caboteurs are also descendants with names like Harvey, Desgagnes, Marais--names mentioned in 17th century charters.