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caboteur [< F] 
1 n. a French-Canadian wooden coastal vessel ranging from 50 to 500 tons.
See also: goelette
- 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.
2 n. a person who operates such a vessel.
- 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.
- 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.