ˈbattoe
freq. U.S. var. of bateau, batteau. Obs.
| 1711 Boston News-Let. 23–30 July 2/1 All our Battoes are finished. 1770 Washington Diaries (1925) I. 381 Got the Battoe, and the two Boats round to the Mill with Stone. 1801 Austin Papers (1924) i. 72 Passed a Battoe in from New Orleans. |
Hence battoe man, battoeing vbl. n.
| 1756 in Doc. Hist. N.Y. State (1849) I. 477 Upwards of 500 Battoe Men were sent different Ways into the Woods. 1760 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XX. 199 This Day ye Battoue men marched off. Ibid., To Day there was a Draught out of our Company for battowing from fort Miller to fort Edward. |