ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Johnboat

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Johnboat is a noun meaning a flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off.

Meaning

a flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off.

Example Sentences

Eddie liked to take his johnboat into the shallow, reedy, sandbars that the out-of-town fishermen, with their big, expensive, fiberglass bassboats, couldn't reach.

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Related dictionary entries include bateau, flat, skipjack, scow, batteau, speedboat.

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