What does johnboat mean?
Johnboat means a flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off.
Johnboat
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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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Word Forms
- johnboats
- jon boat
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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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