pushboat
pushboat — phrase
1. a strong, flat-fronted boat designed to push barges along a river or canal rathe
a strong, flat-fronted boat designed to push barges along a river or canal rather than pull them
The Mississippi River pushboat guided a dozen barges through the narrow channel near St. Louis.
collocation: Mississippi River pushboat; quantifier: a dozen barges
Hana watched the pushboat slowly nudge the heavy grain barges into the lock.
A powerful pushboat is needed to move twenty fully loaded barges against the current.
Ryo steered the pushboat against the stern of the lead barge and pushed it forward.
Andrés works on a pushboat hauling coal barges along the Kanawha River.
- towboat
used interchangeably on US rivers, though strictly a towboat can also pull barges on some systems
- pusher tug
commonly used in British English and European inland shipping
用法筆記
The term is most common on US inland waterways where barges are pushed rather than towed. In British English the same vessel is often called a pusher tug or push-tug.