Ba-teau' or BA-TEAUX', n.

noun

(bat-ō'), n.; pl. BA-TEAUX' (bat-ōz'). [Written also, but less properly, batteau.] [Fr. bateau, Pr. batell, Sp. batel, It. battello, L. Lat. batellus, from It. batto, rowing-boat, L. Lat. battus, batus, which agrees with A-S. bāt, Icel. bátr, W. bad, boat.] A light boat, long in proportion to its breadth, and wider in the middle than at the ends.

Bateau-bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

A diagram of bateaux, balks, and cheeses arranged in a structure over water. — a a a a, bateaux; b b b b, balks; c c, cheeses.