DCHP-1 Online

freight canoe

• a large canoe (from 20 to 30 feet long), used for transporting goods, especially in the North.

  See also: freighter (def. 5)  freighter canoe  freighting canoe  luggage canoe  

  • 1914  The Aldebaran was a big "freight" canoe made by the Peterborough Canoe Co.
  • 1927  (1958)  . . . the raft [was] lashed alongside Gordon's 20-foot freight canoe.
  • 1966  But the use of fragile canvas and wood freight canoes [in hunting walrus] is increasing. . . .