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trow

trow

9.9
A flat-bottomed boat that carries goods on rivers and river mouths
  • noun
  • /traʊ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : barca
  • The old trow gently rocked on the water as it was moored by the riverbank.

Examples

  • We'll just see what we're here to see and then hop back in the boat and do a little trow on the way back in.

    Slaughterhouse Rock (1988)

  • TROW was able to deliver positive returns on all 1, 3, 5, and 10 year scales.

    Blog text (7)

  • Following this scale, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW) easily comes off at the top.

    Blog text (7)

  • In terms of operating margins, the best performers have been T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW) and Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN).

    Blog text (7)

  • The fishermen loaded their nets onto the trow before heading out to sea at dawn.

  • In the 18th century, many goods were transported by trow along the rivers of eastern England.

Synonyms

scow
vstrow
  • Specialized
6 8.6

A flat boat with sloping ends that carries goods in shallow water

is used on rivers and estuaries rather than mainly shallow inland waters
flatboat
vstrow
  • Archaic
1 8.1

A long boat with a flat bottom and square ends used to carry heavy loads on rivers

is a small sailing cargo craft for rivers and estuaries rather than canals
Norfolk wherry
vstrow
  • Archaic
9.5

A large sailing boat with one mast that carries goods on rivers and lakes in East Anglia

is a smaller flat bottomed cargo sailing vessel used on rivers and estuaries historically

How Big

ship
∞ 1.0
barge
57 3.9
trow
  • Archaic
9.9
punt
  • UK
1 8.3
skiff
15 7.7

Surface Forms

trow singular
trows plural

Etymology

Trow was an old local name for a small flat cargo boat used on rivers in eastern England. Think of a trow as a simple 'barge' that carried goods along the water, which is why the word means that kind of river vessel.