This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
A large, open, flat-bottomed vessel, employed to unload or lighten a ship, and to convey the goods therefrom to their destination; especially when there is not sufficient depth of water for the ship to proceed farther.
 
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