DCHP-2

Durham boat † [from a similar craft designed about 1750 by Robert Durham of Pennsylvania] Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• n.

  a river-boat having a false keel and shallow draught, somewhat less than 100 feet in length and propelled by sails or poles, much used in the early 19th century on the St. Lawrence and its tributaries for freight and passengers.