bargee
Canal vessel worker
A bargee is a person who works on a barge, especially one who lives aboard.
The term is primarily British: The bargee steered through the narrow canal lock.
In phrases like swear like a bargee, it evokes rough, colorful language associated with working waterways.
One who operates vessels
- watermanAquatic trade worker
- skipperVessel's commanding officer
- helmsmanOne who navigates vessels
- steersmanOne who pilots vessels
coxswain · lockkeeper · deckhand · crewman · captain · mate · boatswain · bosun
Dug water passage
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- towpathCanal-side walking route
- waterwayNavigable route for vessels
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
cut · mooring · basin · wharf · quay · pound · weir · sluice
Slim vessel for canals
- houseboatWatercraft serving as home
- canal boatVessel for artificial waterways
- lighterComparative of not heavy
- puntKick before landing
flat-bottomed boat · longboat · butty · motor boat · pleasure craft
Goods being transported
- loadCarried weight or burden
- goodsThings for sale
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
timber · merchandise · bulk cargo · consignment · shipment · haul · commodities · hold
boatman
One who operates vessels
steersman · coxswain · lockkeeper · deckhand · crewman · captain · mate · boatswain · bosun · master
canal
Dug water passage
aqueduct · cut · mooring · basin · wharf · quay · pound · weir · sluice · navigation
narrowboat
Slim vessel for canals
- houseboatWatercraft serving as home
- canal boatVessel for artificial waterways
- lighterComparative of not heavy
punt · flat-bottomed boat · longboat · butty · motor boat · pleasure craft
freight
Goods being transported
grain · timber · merchandise · bulk cargo · consignment · shipment · haul · commodities · hold · delivery
liveaboard
One residing on watercraft
bargeesailor
Seafaring crew member
seaman · mariner · naval officer · yachtsman · merchantman
bargeelorry driver
Commercial vehicle operator
teamster · trucker · carter · wagoner · truck driver
- barge inEnter abruptly, uninvited
- barging inEntering without permission
- barge poleRod for pushing flatboats
- party bargeFlat-decked pleasure craft
- river bargesFreight vessels for inland waters
- royal bargeCeremonial monarch's watercraft