bateaux
Meaning
of Bateau
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Randall, p. 101 Smith (1907), p. 155 Arnold's raid was a success; he seized the sloop HMS Royal George, supplies, and a number of bateaux.
The Boys, in a panic, piled into their bateaux and rowed with all speed upriver.
Handcrafted vessels were a common mode of travel across the river, and the pirogue and bateaux were also used.
To that end, he and about 100 Boys climbed into four bateaux, and began rowing north.