radeau

[ ruh-doh ]

/ rəˈdoʊ /

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noun, plural ra·deaux

[ruh-doh, -dohz]. /rəˈdoʊ, -ˈdoʊz/.

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

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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

How to use radeau in a sentence

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
A raft called the Invincible Radeau, which carried nine twelve-pounders, led the army, and the Halifax sloop brought up the rear.
Ben Comee|M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
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
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

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