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radeau

/ruh-doh/US // rəˈdoʊ //

雷多,雷度,雷德奥,雷达

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

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

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

Examples

  • He therefore judged it necessary to build a brigantine, a radeau, and a sloop of 16 guns.

  • A raft called the Invincible Radeau, which carried nine twelve-pounders, led the army, and the Halifax sloop brought up the rear.

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

  • The radeau had six 24-pounders, six 12's, and two howitzers; the gondola, seven 9-pounders.

  • Then three vessels under sail, and one at anchor above Split Rock, and behind it the radeau, Thunderer.