WordNet
shallow-draught
adj. of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline; "a shallow-draft river boat" [syn: shallow-draft]
Usage examples of "shallow-draught".
She felt no appreciation of the fact that the shallow-draught launch was not constructed to encounter rough water, and that she was out of reach of land now in a boat whose wall sides and flat bottom made her the most unseaworthy vessel it is possible to imagine.
The boat was a crude, shallow-draught affair with an almost flat bottom.
In essence the attack was to be a bombardment by shallow-draught gunboats armed with the cannon Jack would supply, and this would be followed by a general assault.