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单词 radeau
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radeau

[ ruh-doh ]
/ rəˈdoʊ /

noun, plural ra·deaux [ruh-doh, -dohz]. /rəˈdoʊ, -ˈdoʊz/.

an armed scow, variously rigged, used as a floating battery during the American Revolution.

Origin of radeau

1750–60; <French: raft <Provençal radel<Vulgar Latin *ratellus, diminutive of Latin ratis raft

Words nearby radeau

Radcliff, Radcliffe, raddle, raddled, raddleman, radeau, radectomy, Radek, Radetzky, Radford, radge
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Example sentences from the Web for radeau

  • In this statement the radeau and gondola have not been included, because of their unmanageableness.

    The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence|A. T. Mahan
  • Then three vessels under sail, and one at anchor above Split Rock, and behind it the radeau, Thunderer.

    The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving|Washington Irving
  • He therefore judged it necessary to build a brigantine, a radeau, and a sloop of 16 guns.

    The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2|Egerton Ryerson
  • The radeau had six 24-pounders, six 12's, and two howitzers; the gondola, seven 9-pounders.

    The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence|A. T. Mahan
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