DCHP-2
bonne [< Cdn F] Obs., Lumbering DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a sturdy flat-bottomed boat about 20 ft. long, pointed fore and aft and having a shallow draft, specially designed for use in river drives.
See also: bun pointer (def. 1) and picture
- 1891 Not much baggage could be carried so as not to burthen too heavily the three or four "bonnes," as they call the long, light, flat-bottomed boats, peculiar to lumbermen. . . .
- 1891 Not much baggage could be carried so as not to burthen too heavily the three or four "bonnes," as they call the long, light, flat-bottomed boats, peculiar to lumbermen. . . .