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batard canoe Hist.

• a birchbark canoe about 30 feet long and capable of carrying two tons of freight in addition to its ten-man crew.

  See also: bastard canoe  

  • 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.